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Annotated Bibliography of the Literature on Resource Sharing Computer Networks, Revised 1976 NBS SPECIAL PUBLICATION 384 Revised 1976 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / National Bureau of Standards NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS The National Bureau of Standards' was established by an act of Congress March 3, 1901. The Bureau's overall goal is to strengthen and advance the Nation's science and technology and facilitate their effective application for public benefit. To this end, the Bureau conducts research and provides: (1) a basis for the Nation's physical measurement system, (2) scientific and technological services for industry and government, (3) a technical basis for equity in trade, and (4) technical services to promote public safety. The Bureau consists of the Institute for Basic Standards, the Institute for Materials Research, the Institute for Applied Technology, the Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology, and the Office for Information Programs. THE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC STANDARDS provides the central basis within the United States of a complete and consistent system of physical measurement; coordinates that system with measurement systems of other nations; and furnishes essential services leading to accurate and uniform physical measurements throughout the Nation's scientific community, industry, and commerce. The Institute consists of the Office of Measurement Services, the Office of Radiation Measurement and the following Center and divisions: Applied Mathematics — Electricity — Mechanics — Heat — Optical Physics — Center " for Radiation Research: Nuclear Sciences; Applied Radiation — Laboratory Astrophysics — Cryogenics " — Electromagnetics " — Time and Frequency THE INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH conducts materials research leading to improved methods of measurement, standards, and data on the properties of well-characterized materials needed by industry, commerce, educational institutions, and Government; provides advisory and research services to other Government agencies; and develops, produces, and distributes standard reference materials. 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The Institute consists of the following divisions: Computer Services — Systems and Software — Computer Systems Engineering — Informa- tion Technology. THE OFFICE FOR INFORMATION PROGRAMS promotes optimum dissemination and accessibility of scientific information generated within NBS and other agencies of the Federal Government; promotes the development of the National Standard Reference Data System and a system of information analysis centers dealing with the broader aspects of the National Measurement System; provides appropriate services to ensure that the NBS staff has optimum accessibility to the scientific information of the world. The Office consists of the following organizational units: Office of Standard Reference Data — Office of Information Activities — Office of Technical Publications — Library — Office of International Relations — Office of International Standards. 1 Headquarters and Laboratories at Gaithersburg, Maryland, unless otherwise noted; mailing address Washington, D.C. 20234. - Located at Boulder. Colorado 80302. Qonal Bureau of Standards )EP ^ '6 W% .^c Annotated Bibliography of the Literature on Resource Sharing Computer Networks ^ Revised 1976 t:^D.^1 1 . ^ Helen M. Wood Shirley Ward Watkins Ira W. Cotton Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology National Bureau of Standards Washington, D.C. 20234 Sponsored by the National Science Foundation 1800 G Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20550 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Elliot L. Richardson, Secretary Edward O. Vetter, Under Secretary Dr. Betsy Ancker-Johnson, Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, Ernest Ambler, Acting Director Issued September 1976 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 73-600268 National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 384 Nat. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 384 (revised), 179 pages (Sept. 1976) CODEN: XNBSAV U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1976 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (Order by SD Catalog No. C13.10:384/rev.). Stock No. 003-003-01670-5 Price $2.45 (Add 25 percent additional for other than U.S. mailing). CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 HOW TO USE THE INDEXES 3 CLASSIFICATION SCHEME 5 ANNNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 12 AUTHOR INDEX 102 CORPORATE AUTHOR INDEX 114 NETWORK INDEX 126 TITLE INDEX . 129 REPORT NUMBER INDEX 169 iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors acknowledge the extensive assistance provided by members of the ICST Computer Information Section. Beverly Borke and Jackie Jones were responsible for cataloging and inputting the bibliographic data and annotations onto magnetic tape. Computer processing of the computer networking data base was managed and executed by Addie Chattic with assistance from Peter Calomeris and directed by Max Christopher. iv . Annotated Bibliography of the Literature on Resource Sharing Computer Networks* Helen M. Wood Shirley Ward Watkins Ira W. Cotton ABSTRACT This bibliography consists of over 1,000 references with critical annotations to the literature on computer networks. A classification scheme has been developed to make each citation more accessible by general topic. Five indexes to the bibliography are included: author index, corporate author index, network index, title word index, and report number index. Key Words: Bibliography; computer network; data communications; resource sharing INTRODUCTION A fully annotated bibliography on resource sharing j; computer networks has been prepared by the Computer Networking Section of the NBS Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology. This work is an extension of the || j annotated bibliography published in 1973 by Blanc, Cotton, I Pyke and Watkins,** The current bibliography contains nearly two times the number of references contained in the previous work. Its purpose is to serve as a working tool for those involved in computer networking research as well as those who are concerned with the design, evaluation, selection, and use of computer networks. The volume of requests for the first bibliography indicated the widespread and •This work has been supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant DCR72-01206 A05. **R.P. Blanc, I.W. Cotton, T.N. Pyke, Jr., and S.W. Watkins, Annotated Bibliography of the Literature on Resource Sharing Computer Networks, NBS Special Publication September 1973. 1 continuing need for such a work and, consequently, the indexes have been brought up to date through December 1975 and produced once again in this readily available form as an NBS Special Publication, Several documents published in 1976 are also included. The bibliography covers computer networks consisting of independent computer systems which communicate with one another and share resources such as hardware, programs, or data and excludes, for example, articles on time-sharing and multi-processing which deal specifically and exclusively with those topics, Ancillary topics are covered if they are sufficiently relevant. Errors of exclusion have been considered by the authors to be more serious than errors of inclusion. All articles which are clearly topical are included without regard to quality; one purpose of the annotations is to identify particularly worthwhile articles, A systematic search of relevant literature was undertaken in order to identify candidate documents for inclusion in the bibliography. All available related bibliographies, including those in Computing Reviews and those available through the ARPA Network Information Center were utilized in this search. Complete coverage of the personal collections of individuals at NBS who have been working in the computer networking area for some time is also included. As papers and reports were made a part of this collection, citations made within them were checked for potential additional documents for the collection. In addition, recent literature that may contain appropriate papers has been searched. No documents of a classified nature are included; however, some
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