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Computers Automation COMPUTERS AND AUTOMATION CYBERNETICS · ROBOTS · AUTOMATIC CONTROL Automatic Answering of Inquiries · . l. E. Griffith Found - A "lost" Moon · .. Dr. Paul Herget Mister Andrew lloyd · .. R. W. Wallace *""1--1-+-+--+- Extra Core Storage for IBM 704 AERODYNAMICS • increases IBM 704 capacity to the binary equivalent of 327,680 decimal digits! • gives high-speed random access to any memory address! NOW ... with this expandable memory system, mathematical models can be expanded to include phenomena heretofore beyond the capacity of any computer! NOW ... researchers can have random access to all elements of a matrix of order"greater than 175 in only 12 microseconds! GEODESY NOW ... for matrix problems in Operations Research; aerodynamics; geodesy; transportation scheduling and similar areas which involve systems of equations where AX=B (when A has 178 rows and 178 columns; X has 178 rows and 1 column;, and B has 178 rows and 1 column) can be solved within this new capacity of 327,680 decimal digits of storage. NOW ... an arbitrary matrix of order greater than 125 - with every element expressed to a precision greater than that obtained by using 20 decimal digits -can be inverted without aid of auxiliary storage. This new expandable memory system can be consid­ ered as three modular units. Models I and II of the familiar IBM 737 Memory store respectively 4,096 TRANSPORTATION ++-t-++-i-f-+~+H+-il-+~I-+-Ht­ and 8,192 ten-digit words. The IBM 738, with its SCHEDULING 32,768 ten-digit words of random access core storage, replaces the other two units. This is but one of IBM's solutions to large-scale scientific and business problems. For every data processing job there is a down-to-earth· IBM answer that can help you work better and faster ... at less cost. For detailed assistance" on your particular data processing problem~call your local IBM representative DATA International Business Machines Corporation PROCESSING 590 Madison Avenue, New York 22, N. Y. 1111111111111111 - 2 - COMPUTERS AND AUTOMATION CYBERNET CS • ROBOTS • AUTOMATIC CONTROL .Vo I. If" No. 11 November, 1955 ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER, 1951 ·ARTICLES Automatic Anstl1ering of Inquiries ••• L. E. Griffith 6 Found - A "Lost" Moon ••• Dr. Paul Herget 10 FICTION Mister Andrew Lloyd ••• R. W. Wallace 14 !lEFERENCE INFOR.MATION Association for Computing Machinery Meeting --Titles of Papers 17 and Abstracts New Patents ••• R. R. Skolnick 34 FORlT"] Third Conference on High-Speed Computers, ••• C. W. Barnett 4 Lou~iana State University University- of Michigan Sununer Se!Jsion - ••• J. W. Carr, III, 9 Notes on Computers and Data Processors and N. R. Scott Eastern Joint Computer Conference - Advance Program 12 The Advance of Automation ••• F. Palmer Weber 31 Supervision of Human Operators ••• Bill Danch 36 The Editor's Notes 4 Index of Notices 4 Advertising Index 46 Editor: Edmund C. Berkeley Advisory Committee: Salllltel B. Williams, Assistant Editors: Eva DiStefano, Jewell Bown, Herbert F. Mitchell, Jr., Justin Oppenheim Neil ~acdonald, F. L. Walker Contribu ting Edi tors: Ancrew D. Booth, John M. Breen, John W. Carr, III, Alston S. Householder, Fletcher Pratt Publisher: Berkeley Enterprises, Inc. 16 West 11 St., New York 11, N. Y. - Algonquin 4 7675 R1~ Washington St., Newtonville 60, Mass. - Decatur 2 54S~ or 2 ~Q28 Advertising Representatives: San Francisco - W. A. Babcock 605 Market St., San Francisco 5, Calif. Los Angeles - Went~orth F. Green, 439 So. ~estern Ave., Los Angeles 5, Calif elsewhere - the' Publisher CDMPUTERS AND AUTOMATION is published monthly. Copyright, 1955 by Berkeley Enterprises, Inc. Subscription rates: ~4 50 for one year, ~fl. 50 for two years, in the Vni ted States: ili:5.00 for one year, ~9. 50 for two years, in Canada; $5. SO for one.year, $10.5f) for two years elsewhere. Bulk subscriptioll rates: see page 38. Advertis- ing rates: see page 44. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, New York, N. Y. - 3 - THE EDITOR'S NOTES NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF COMPUTER PEOPLE 5.1 cents. If nonsubscribing readers were in­ cluded, the cost we believe would be cut more We were glad to make available to too Joint than half, to less than 2~ cents. This is con­ Computer Conference at no cost the names and siderably less than the cost of mailings. addresses on punch cards of some 7500 computer people; and they were used. This was for the purpose of their mailing of announcements for the meeting of the Joint Computer Conferencem Forum Boston in November. (See elsewhere in this issue for details of the meeting.) THIRD CONFERENCE ON HIGH-SPEED COMPUTERS, LOUISANA STATE UNIVERSITY, We are eager to do what we can to keep a BATON ROUGE, LA., FEB. 15-17, 1956 complete and up-to-date punch card file of per­ sons interested in computers. This is 1:.00 basis Charles W. Barnett for the Who's Who we publish; and can be the Thomas Boyd Hall basis for mailings of meeting announcements by Louisana State University such organizations as the Joint Computer Con­ Baton Rouge 3, La. ference. The names and addresses in this file however are not used for advertising purposes The 1956 Conference on High-Speed Comput­ unless they are released. ers will be held at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from February 15 through February 17, 1956. This conference~ open to CHANGE OF SUBSCRIPTION RATES businessmen, office managers, accountan t s, engineers, mathematicians, chemists, physicists, Effective Dec. 1, the subscription ratefor economists, statisticians and other potential "Computers and Automation" will change fro m users from all sections of the country. TopIDs $4.50 a year to $5.50 a year. The rate of$4.a:> scheduled for discussion by nationally recog­ a year has applied since Vol. 1 no. 4, October, nized speakers include office proc e d u res, 1952, when our frequency was quarterly and the statistical operations and numerical metho d s size of issue was about 32 pages. We now pub­ designed for the adaptation of pr 0 b 1 ems to lish monthly, with the size of issue about 48 machine solution. Several manufacturers 0 f pages, and one issue (The Computer Directory computing equipment will be represented through Issue, June) considerably larger (this year 164 exhibi ts or demonstrations of co mpu t e r sin pages) • operation. In October 1952, the rate was about 128 Inquiries concerning the conference may pages for $4.50. The price therefore was about be directed to me or to: ~ cents a page. In the twelve months ending Oct., 1955, we published 702 pages. 700 pages Dr. J. W. Brouillette, Director for $5.50 is just about 3/4 of a cent a page. General Extension Division Louisiana State University As before, new bulk subscription rates, Baton Rouge 3, La. applying to two or more subscriptions coming in together will apply, making the basic sub­ * ~--------------------~~: scription rate of $5.50 considerably lower in such cases. INDEX OF NOTICES For information on: See Page: CHANGE OF ADVERTISING RATES Advertising Index 46 Effective Dec. 1 for insertions uncer orders Advertising Rates 44 received after Dec. 1, and effective Feb. 1 for Advertising Specifications 44 insertions under orders received prior to Dec.l, Back Copies 42 the advertising rates for "Computers and Automa­ Bulk Subscription Rates 35 tion" will change, increasing about 10}6. The Corrections 39 half page rate for example will increase fro m Manuscripts 37 $90 to $97. Roster Entry Forms 40 Special Issues 35 We now have about 1900 subscribers as com­ pared with about 1300 when the old rates went Address Changes: If your address c han g e s, into effect on Jan. 1. Thus the cost per sub­ please notify us giving both old and new ad­ scriber changes from about 6.9 cents to about dress, and allow three weeks for the change. - 4 - MISSILE SYSTEMS MATHEMATICS 'I', The technology of guided missiles is literally a new domain. No field of science offers greater scope for creative achievement. The increasingly complex problems associated with missile systems research and development are creating new positions in the following areas for Mathematicians possessing exceptional ability: • Guided Missile Systems • Nuclear Physics • Computer Research and Developnlent • Engineering Management Problems Inquiries are invited from those interested in personal development in an appropriate scientific environment. AMERICAN MA'rHEl\tIATICAL SOCIETY l\tIEETING MISSILE SYS'l"El\tIS DIVISION Los Angeles, Nov. 12 research and engineering staff Houston, Dec. 27-30 / Senior members of our technical LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION staff will be available for consultation at both meetings. If you plan to attend these meetings, please contact V.AN NUYS, CALIFOR~IA our research and engineering staff for interview. - 5 - AUTOMATIC ANSWERING OF INQUIRIES L. E. GRIFFITH The Hospital Care Association, Inc. (The Blue Cross Plan) Home Offic'e, Durham, N. C. Automatic devices are in conuoon use i n This suggestion may appear rather radical. many fields of office activity and while nat­ But we have become convinced that a scientific urally they often take away the sense of per­ study of several types of office i n qui r y­ sonal treatment normally given in day-to-d a y answering would permi t automatic machi n e s to dealings between people, nevertheless, the y answer questions and instruct, as required, the assist materially in the reduction in the labor person using the machine. forces required to operate a number of enter­ prises. So far as offices- are conce rn ed, a The arrangement described in further d e­ number of devices of a mechanic al t y pea r e tail below would be suitable for: used to improve the quality of work, to speed up production, and to insure that the mos t (1) All types of offices where the presence of economical method is adopted.
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