40th Anniversary Volume: Advancing into the 21st Century (eBook)

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2000 | 1. Auflage
350 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-054479-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Humans are often distinguished from other animals by their ability, even need, to see patterns in everyday life. As we enter a new millennium, all aspects of society seem to want to take stock of what has happened in the past and what is likely to happen in the future.
The computer industry is no different from others. Advances in Computers has been published continuously since 1960 and this year's volume is the fiftieth technical volume in the series (two index volumes were published as volumes 50 and 51). Since it is the fortieth year of publication, we decided to look back on the changes that have occurred since Volume 1 of Advances in computers appeared in 1960.
We looked at the six chapters of that initial volume and decided that an appropriate anniversary volume for this series would be a collection of papers on the same topics that appeared in 1960. What has happened to those technologies? Are we making the progress we thought we would or are events moving more slowly?

Key Features
* Business computing
* Numerical weather prediction
* Spoken language
* Language understanding
* Microprocessor design
* Computer games

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Humans are often distinguished from other animals by their ability, even need, to see patterns in everyday life. As we enter a new millennium, all aspects of society seem to want to take stock of what has happened in the past and what is likely to happen in the future.The computer industry is no different from others. Advances in Computers has been published continuously since 1960 and this year's volume is the fiftieth technical volume in the series (two index volumes were published as volumes 50 and 51). Since it is the fortieth year of publication, we decided to look back on the changes that have occurred since Volume 1 of Advances in computers appeared in 1960.We looked at the six chapters of that initial volume and decided that an appropriate anniversary volume for this series would be a collection of papers on the same topics that appeared in 1960. What has happened to those technologies? Are we making the progress we thought we would or are events moving more slowly?- Business computing- Numerical weather prediction- Spoken language- Language understanding- Microprocessor design- Computer games

Inhalt

Cover 1
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Contributors 8
Preface 12
Chapter 1. Eras of Business Computing 16
1. A Half Century of Business Computing 17
2. Business Computing Eras 19
3. The Computation Platform. Hardware and Operating Systems 31
4. Communication: Computer Networking 58
5. Software 73
6. Business System Architectures 88
7. Conclusions and Future Directions 96
References 100
Chapter 2. Numerical Weather Prediction 106
1. Introduction 107
2. Computational Methods 117
3. Data Analysis, Assimilation, and Initialization 152
4. Regional Prediction Modeling 159
5. Ensemble Prediction Techniques 163
6. Conclusions 166
References 168
Chapter 3. Machine Translation 174
1. Introduction 175
2. Is Machine Translation Impossible? 176
3. What Sort of Computation is MT? 178
4. Main Paradigms for MT„Diverse Strategies for Solving or Neutralizing the Complexity of Language Use 180
5. The Evolution of MT Over its 50-year History 184
6. Choices and Arguments For and Against MT Paradigms 188
7. MT in the Real World 195
8. The Current Situation 200
9. Conclusion 201
References 202
Chapter 4. The Games Computers (and People) Play 204
1. Introduction 205
2. Advances 206
3. Advances in Computer Games 226
4. Conclusions 276
Acknowledgments 277
References 277
Chapter 5. From Single Word to Natural Dialogue 282
1. Introduction 283
2. Task-oriented Spoken Language Dialogue Systems 286
3. Managing the Dialogue 293
4. Conclusion 340
References 340
Chapter 6. Embedded Microprocessors: Evolution, Trends and Challenges 344
1. Introduction 345
2. The 32-bit Embedded Marketplace 347
3. General Microprocessor and Technology Evolution 352
4. Basic Processor Classification 357
5. Processor Architectures 363
6. Embedded Processors and Systems 378
7. The Integration Challenge 389
8. Conclusion 391
References 392
Author Index 396
Subject Index 404
Contents of Volumes in This Series 416

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.5.2000
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Marvin Zelkowitz
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Office Programme ► Outlook
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Programmiersprachen / -werkzeuge
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Software Entwicklung
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
• ISBN-10: 0-08-054479-7 / 0080544797
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-054479-3 / 9780080544793