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A Bibliography of Publications about the Fortran Programming Language: Part 1: 1956{1980

Key references in distributed computer systems 1959–1989

Specification techniques for computer graphics systems should emulate those employed in the specification of computer communication protocols and software systems, not the specification of programming languages.

The Specification of Computer Graphics Systems

A Second bibliography on semi-Markov processes

Bibliography of literature on computer hardware reliability

Analytical results, related to the availability of a computer system constructed of unreliable processors, are presented in this paper. These results are obtained by using various computer-aided algebraic manipulation techniques. A major purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that the difficulties of obtaining analytical solutions to Markov processes can be considerably reduced by the application of symbol manipulation programs. Since many physical systems can be modeled by Markov and semi-Markov processes, the potential range of application of these techniques is much wider than the problem of availability analyzed here.

Analysis of the availability of computer systems using computer-aided algebra

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A distributed function computer with dedicated processors

A listing of new books of interest to engineers in radio and allied fields from the publishers' announcements.

In the current literature

Top-down, modular programming in FORTRAN with WATFIV

The simulation program described in this paper was devised as a vehicle for the study of communication network routing procedures. It was designed to model the behavior of a wide range of network topologies and routing disciplines. An event driven simulation approach was chosen to minimize program development time and complexity.GASP-IV was selected as the simulation language. The determining factor in choosing the language was the clean interface it presents to FORTRAN. The use of GASP-IV permits utilizing the full power of FORTRAN in describing complex routing algorithms while simultaneously relieving the programmer of the responsibility for such essential housekeeping functions as enqueuing and dequeuing messages, file manipulation and event sequencing.As an application of this simulator, a loop-free distributed adaptive routing algorithm is proposed and analyzed. Simulation results are presented and the effect of the algorithm on overall network performance is examined. In addition to a loop-free property, the algorithm is shown to provide a partial solution to the single path routing problem. Furthermore, a modification to the algorithm is given which precludes message loss, and is shown to be superior in performance to current update algorithms (PUA).

Rahul Chattergy

Papers

Analysis of the availability of computer systems using computer-aided algebra

A distributed function computer with dedicated processors

In the current literature

Top-down, modular programming in FORTRAN with WATFIV

A simulation model for network routing