IEEE Computer, Volume 29, 1996

Volume 29, Number 1, January 1996

Binary Critic

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  Ted G. Lewis:
  Computer Business or Monopoly? 19-13

Industry Trends

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  Erin English:
  Management on NT, Finally. 14-17

Computer Applications in Surgery

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  Michael L. Rhodes, Douglas D. Robertson:
  Computers in Surgery and Therapeutic Procedures - Guest Editors' Introduction. 20-23
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  Karl Heinz Höhne, Bernhard Pflesser, Andreas Pommert, Martin Riemer, Thomas Schiemann, Rainer Schubert, Ulf Tiede:
  A "Virtual Body" Model for Surgical Education and Rehearsal. 25-31
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  Gary E. Christensen, Michael I. Miller, Michael W. Vannier, Ulf Grenander:
  Individualizing Neuroanatomic Atlases Using a Massively Parallel Computer. 32-38
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  Richard A. Robb, Dennis P. Hanson, Jon J. Camp:
  Computer-Aided Surgery Planning and Rehearsal at Mayo Clinic. 39-47
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  Ludwig Adams, Achim Knepper, Dietrich Meyer-Ebrecht, Rainer Rüger, Willem van der Brug:
  An Optical Navigator for Brain Surgery. 48-54
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  Meiyappan Solaiyappan, Tim Poston, Pheng-Ann Heng, Elliot R. McVeigh, Michael A. Guttman, Elias A. Zerhouni:
  Interactive Visualization for Rapid Noninvasive Cardiac Assessment. 55-62
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  Elliot K. Fishman, Brian S. Kuszyk, David G. Heath, Luomin Gao, Brian Cabral:
  Surgical Planning for Liver Resection. 64-72

Computing Practices

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  Gregory A. Hansen:
  Simulating Software Development Processes. 73-77

Special Report

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  Alan H. Karp, Michael T. Heath, Al Geist:
  1995 Gordon Bell Prize Winners. 79-85

Object Technology

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  Bertrand Meyer:
  The Conceptual Perspective. 86-88

Hot Topics

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  David A. Koester, Karen W. Markus, Mark D. Walters:
  MEMS: Small Machines for the Microelectronics Age. 93-94

Software Challenges

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  Capers Jones:
  The Economics of Software Process Improvement. 95-97

Standards

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  James Isaak:
  Standards for the Information Infrastructure. 105-106

Internet Kiosk

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  T. Matthew Ciolek:
  Today's WWW - Tomorrow's MMM? The Specter of Multi-Media Mediocrity. 106-108

Technical Activities Forum

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  Anup Kumar, Adel Said Elmaghraby:
  Simulation TC: Active and Vibrant. 109

Computer Law

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  William Galkin:
  Names on the Net, E-Mail in Court, and Trade Secrets for Hire. 110-111

The Open Channel

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  Max J. Schindler:
  Wheelchairs for the Brain. 136

Volume 29, Number 2, February 1996

Binary Critic

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  Ted G. Lewis:
  The NC Phenomena: Scenes from Your Living Room. Computer 29(2): 8-10 (1996)

Industry Trends

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  John Sterlicchi, Thomas Kaneshige:
  Immigration Issue Divides US Computer Industry. 10-11

Features

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  Cristiana Amza, Alan L. Cox, Sandhya Dwarkadas, Peter J. Keleher, Honghui Lu, Ramakrishnan Rajamony, Weimin Yu, Willy Zwaenepoel:
  ThreadMarks: Shared Memory Computing on Networks of Workstations. 18-28
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  Jakob Nielsen, Jan Maurits Faber:
  Improving System Usability Through Parallel Design. 29-35
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  Ravi S. Sandhu, Edward J. Coyne, Hal L. Feinstein, Charles E. Youman:
  Role-Based Access Control Models. 38-47
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  Michel Raynal, Mukesh Singhal:
  Logical Time: Capturing Causality in Distributed Systems. 49-56

Cybersquare

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  David Lorge Parnas:
  Why Software Jewels Are Rare. 57-60

Computing Practices

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  Philippe Desfray:
  Automated Object Design: The Client-Server Case. 62-66

Technical Activities Forum

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  Darrell D. E. Long, Abdelsalam Helal:
  TC On Operating Systems and Application Environments. 74-75

Object Technology

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  Bertrand Meyer:
  The Reusability Challenge. 76-78

Standards

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  Algirdas Pakstas, Sonata Pakstiene:
  NSK - A Norwegian Cryptochip for Supersafe Communications. 78-79

Software Challenges

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  Capers Jones:
  Software Change Management. 80-82

Internet Kiosk

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  Andy Cavallini:
  Community Nets: The Next Generation. 92-93

Computer Law

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  Irah H. Donner:
  For Whom The Bomb Tolls. 94

The Open Channel

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  Shankar Hemmady:
  The Consultant's Ten Commandments. 120

Volume 29, Number 3, March 1996

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  Sankar K. Pal, Pradip K. Srimani:
  Neurocomputing: Motivations, Models, and Hybridization - Guest Editors' Introduction. 24-28
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  Anil K. Jain, Jianchang Mao, K. Moidin Mohiuddin:
  Artificial Neural Networks: A Tutorial. 31-44
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  Yi Shang, Benjamin W. Wah:
  Global Optimization for Neural Network Training. 45-54
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  Nikola B. Serbedzija:
  Simulating Artificial Neural Networks on Parallel Architectures. 56-63
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  Chew Lim Tan, Tong-Seng Quah, Hoon heng Teh:
  An Artificial Neural Network that Models Human Decision Making. 64-70
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  Rudy Setiono, Huan Liu:
  Symbolic Representation of Neural Networks. 71-77
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  John Wawrzynek, Krste Asanovic, Brian Kingsbury, David Johnson, James Beck, Nelson Morgan:
  Spert-II: A Vector Microprocessor System. 79-86
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  James Do, Phan Dinh Dieu, Seymour E. Goodman:
  Vietnam: Information Technology for the Transition. 88-94
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  Erin English, Scott Hamilton:
  Network Security Under Siege. 95-97

Volume 29, Number 4, April 1996

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  Jonathan P. Bowen, Ricky W. Butler, David L. Dill, Robert L. Glass, David Gries, Anthony Hall, Michael G. Hinchey, C. Michael Holloway, Daniel Jackson, Cliff B. Jones, Michael J. Lutz, David Lorge Parnas, John M. Rushby, Jeannette M. Wing, Pamela Zave:
  An Invitation to Formal Methods. 16-30
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  Thomas Ball, Stephen G. Eick:
  Software Visualization in the Large. 33-43
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  Ranga Vemuri, Ram Manday, Vijay Meduri:
  Performance Modeling Using PDL. 44-53
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  Fritz H. Grupe:
  Computoons: The Evolving Image of Computers in Cartoons. 55-62
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  Ted G. Lewis:
  The Next 10,000₂ Years: Part I. 64-70
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  Ware Myers:
  On the Road to the Information Superhighway (Conference Report: COMPCON 96). 71-73

Volume 29, Number 5, May 1996

Binary Critic

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  Ted G. Lewis:
  Is It Too Late For Apple Computer? 8-13

Industry Trends

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  Erin English:
  Looking into the PowerPS's Future. 14

Digital Library Initiative

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  Bruce R. Schatz, Hsinchun Chen:
  Building Large-Scale Digital Libraries - Guest Editors' Introduction. 22-26
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  Bruce R. Schatz, William H. Mischo, Timothy W. Cole, Joseph B. Hardin, Ann Peterson Bishop, Hsinchun Chen:
  Federating Diverse Collections of Scientific Literature. 28-36
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  Robert Wilensky:
  Toward Work-Centered Digital Information Services. 37-44
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  Howard D. Wactlar, Takeo Kanade, Michael A. Smith, Scott M. Stevens:
  Intelligent Access to Digital Video: Informedia Project. 46-52
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  Terence R. Smith:
  A Digital Library for Geographically Referenced Material. 54-60
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  Andreas Paepcke, Steve B. Cousins, Hector Garcia-Molina, Scott W. Hassan, Steven P. Ketchpel, Martin Röscheisen, Terry Winograd:
  Using Distributed Objects for Digital Library Interoperability. 61-68
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  Daniel E. Atkins, William P. Birmingham, Edmund H. Durfee, Eric J. Glover, Tracy Mullen, Elke A. Rundensteiner, Elliot Soloway, José M. Vidal, Raven Wallace, Michael P. Wellman:
  Toward Inquiry-Based Education Through Interacting Software Agents. 69-76

Cybersquare

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  Ted G. Lewis:
  The Next 10,000₂ Years: Part II. 78-86

Special Report

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  John Keaton, Scott Hamilton:
  Employment 2005: Boom or Bust for Computer Professionals? 87-98

Standards

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  Charles R. Severance:
  The Importance of IEEE Computer Standards. 102

Software Challenges

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  Capers Jones:
  Activity-based Software Costing. 103-104

Object Technology

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  Bertrand Meyer:
  The many faces of inheritance: a taxonomy of taxonomy. 105-108

Computer Law

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  Steven G. Tepper, Irah H. Donner:
  IPOs, Part I: Preparation is the Key. 108-110

Technical Activities Forum

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  Matthew Ferrens:
  Microprogramming and Microarchitecture. 111

Internet Kiosk

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  Terry Krile, Paul Juell, Ronald J. Vetter:
  Pioneering on the New Frontiers of Eduction. 112-114

The Open Channel

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  Dwayne Phillips:
  Technocentrism. 136

Volume 29, Number 6, June 1996

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  Donald R. Gentner, Jonathan Grudin:
  Design Models for Computer-Human Interfaces. 28-35
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  Mark S. Ackerman, Brian Starr:
  Social Acitivity Indicators for Groupware. 37-42
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  Günter Böckle, Hermann Hellwagner, Roland Lepold, Gerd Sandweg, Burghardt Schallenberger, Raimar Thudt, Stefan Wallstab:
  Structured Evaluation of Computer Systems. 45-51
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  Richard R. Brooks, S. Sitharama Iyengar:
  Robust Distributed Comupting and Sensing Algorithm. 53-60
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  Gary M. Rader:
  Creating Printed Music Automatically. 61-68
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  Rajeev Thakur, Alok N. Choudhary, Rajesh Bordawekar, Sachin More, Sivaramakrishna Kuditipudi:
  Passion: Optimized I/O for Parallel Applications. 70-78
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  Patricia J. Douglas, George M. Alliger, Robert Goldberg:
  Refining the Curriculum: Client-Server and Object-Oriented Training. 80-84

Volume 29, Number 7, July 1996

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  Bill Z. Manaris, Brian M. Slator:
  Interactive Natural Language Processing: Building on Success (Guest Editors' Intruduction). 28-32
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  Paul Martin, Frederick L. Crabbe, Stuart Adams, Eric Baatz, Nicole Yankelovich:
  SpeechActs: A Spoken-Language Framework. 33-40
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  Alex Waibel:
  Interactive Translation of Conversational Speech. 41-48
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  Cécile Paris, Keith Vander Linden:
  An Interactive Support Tool for Writing Multilingual Manuals. 49-56
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  Svetlana O. Sheremetyeva, Sergei Nirenburg:
  Knowledge Elecitation for Authoring Patent Claims. 57-63
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  Stefan Wermter, Volker Weber:
  Interactive Spoken-Language Processing in a Hybrid Connectionist System. 65-74
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  Johanna D. Moore, Vibhu O. Mittal:
  Dynamically Generated Follow-up Questions. 75-86
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  Ware Myers:
  On Trial at the Summer Olympic Games: Smart Cards. 88-91

Volume 29, Number 8, August 1996

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  Edward Yourdon:
  Java, the Web, and Software Development. 25-30
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  Marc A. Hamilton:
  Java and the Shift to Net-Centric Computing. 31-39
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  Richard T. Kouzes, James D. Myers, William A. Wulf:
  Collaboratories: Doing Science on the Internet. 40-46
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  Marc Atkins, Ramesh Subramaniam:
  PC Software Performance Tuning. 47-54
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  Lubomir Bic, Munehiro Fukuda, Michael B. Dillencourt:
  Distributed Computing Using Autonomous Objects. 55-61
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  Hsinchun Chen, Andrea Houston, Jay F. Nunamaker Jr., Jerome Yen:
  Toward Intelligent Meeting Agents. 62-70
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  Jean-Francis Balaguer, Enrico Gobbetti:
  3D User Interfaces for General-Purpose 3D Animation. 71-78

Volume 29, Number 9, September 1996

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  Mohamed Fayad, Marshall Cline:
  Managing Object-Oriented Software Development (Guest Editors' Introduction). 26-31
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  Babak Sadr, Patricia J. Dousette:
  An OO Project Management Strategy. 33-38
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  John D. Williams:
  Managing Iteration in OO Projects. 39-43
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  Simon Moser, Oscar Nierstrasz:
  The Effect of Object-Oriented Frameworks on Developer Productivity. 45-51
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  Steve Sparks, Kevin Benner, Christopher A. Faris:
  Managing Object-Oriented Framework Reuse. 52-60
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  Jean-Pierre Corriveau:
  Traceability Process for Large OO Projects. 63-68
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  Kevin Shaw, Maria A. Cobb, Miyi Chung:
  Managing the US Navy's First OO Digital Mapping Project. 69-74

Volume 29, Number 10, October 1996

Industry Trends

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  Atoosa Savarnejad:
  Internet Telephony at the Threshold. 13-14

50 Years of Computing

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  Stephen S. Yau:
  Essays on Fifty Years of Computing - Guest Editor's Introduction. 24-25
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  Nick Tredennick:
  Microprocessor-Based Computers. 27-37
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  Jim Gray:
  Evolution of Data Management. 38-46
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  C. V. Ramamoorthy, Wei-Tek Tsai:
  Advances in Software Engineering. 47-58
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  Hanafy Meleis:
  Toward the Information Network. 59-67
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  Tim Berners-Lee:
  WWW: Past, Present, and Future. 69-77
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  Gary S. Robinson, Carl Cargill:
  History and Impact of Computer Standards. 79-85
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  Raj Reddy:
  The Challenge of Artificial Intelligence. 86-98
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  Paul R. Woodward:
  Perspectives on Supercomputing: Three Decades of Change. 99-111

Computer Law

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  Irah H. Donner:
  Don't Judge a Software Licence by Its Cover. 114-115

Standards

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  Lowell Johnson:
  A Fast/Track Standards Process. 115-116

Technical Activities Forum

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  Elliot J. Chikofsky:
  Software Engineering Programs for the Next Century. 117-118

Object Technology

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  Bertrand Meyer:
  Schema Evolution: Concepts, Terminology, and Solutions. 119-121

Internet Kiosk

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  James A. Schnepf:
  At a Crossroads: Connectivity Model Determines Distribution of Power. 122-124

The Open Channel

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  David A. Patterson:
  A Microcelebration. 152

Volume 29, Number 11, November 1996

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  Rohit Kapur, Edward F. Miller:
  System Test and Reliability: Techniques for Avoiding Failure (Guest Editors' Introduction). 28-30
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  Brian T. Murray, John P. Hayes:
  Testing ICs: Getting to the Core of the Problem. 32-38
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  Bernd Könemann, Ben Bennetts, Najmi T. Jarwala, Benoit Nadeau-Dostie:
  Built-In Self-Test: Assuring System Integrity. 39-45
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  Deborah T. Marr, Subramanian Natarajan, Shreekant S. Thakkar, Richard Zucker:
  Multiprocessor Validation of the Pentium Pro. 47-53
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  Joseph A. Profeta III, Nikos P. Andrianos, Bing Yu, Barry W. Johnson, Todd A. DeLong, David Guaspari, Damir Jamsek:
  Safety-Critical Systems Built with COTS. 54-60
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  John D. Musa:
  Software-Reliability-Engineered Testing. 61-68
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  Alan Wood:
  Predicting Software Reliability. 69-77
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  Thomas Drake:
  Measuring Software Quality: A Case Study. 78-87

Volume 29, Number 12, December 1996

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  True Seaborn:
  Reflections on 23 Years of Publishing Computer. 24-27
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  Per Stenström, Fredrik Dahlgren:
  Applications for Shared Memory Multiprocessors (Guest Editors' Introduction). 29-31
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  Alexander V. Kozlov, Jaswinder Pal Singh:
  Parallel Implementations of Probabilistic Inference. 33-40
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  Shashi Shekhar, Sivakumar Ravada, Vipin Kumar, Douglas Chubb, Greg Turner:
  Parallelizing a GIS on a Shared Address Space Architecture. 42-48
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  Thomas L. Sterling, Phillip Merkey, Daniel Savarese:
  Improving Application Performance on the HP/Convex Exemplar. 50-55
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  Frederic T. Chong, Beng-Hong Lim, Ricardo Bianchini, John Kubiatowicz, Anant Agarwal:
  Application Performance on the MIT Alewife Machine. 57-64
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  Sarita V. Adve, Kourosh Gharachorloo:
  Shared Memory Consistency Models: A Tutorial. 66-76
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  William Blume, Ramon Doallo, Rudolf Eigenmann, John Grout, Jay P. Hoeflinger, Thomas Lawrence, Jaejin Lee, David A. Padua, Yunheung Paek, William M. Pottenger, Lawrence Rauchwerger, Peng Tu:
  Parallel Programming with Polaris. 87-81
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  Mary W. Hall, Jennifer-Ann M. Anderson, Saman P. Amarasinghe, Brian R. Murphy, Shih-Wei Liao, Edouard Bugnion, Monica S. Lam:
  Maximizing Multiprocessor Performance with the SUIF Compiler. 84-89