Accession Number:
AD0687079
Title:
SOVIET CYBERNETICS: RECENT NEWS ITEMS, VOLUME 3, NUMBER 3, 1969
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Corporate Author:
RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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Report Date:
1969-03-01
Pagination or Media Count:
72.0
Abstract:
The issue features an article on small computers and a progress report on the State Network of Computing Centers. Two articles, one popular and one technical, describe the planned Sirena-1 system for airline reservations. The system differs from Western systems in two respects 1 It does not apply to all of Aeroflots ticket sales and reservations, but only to the Moscow airport, with some tie-ins to other major airports for return flights to Moscow. 2 It provides automated printing for individual passenger tickets. A description of the computer science curricular and support activities of Moscow State University is provided by an article on the University Computer Center. Other items of interest include 1 a biography of Academician, Engineer-Admiral Aksels I. Berg, on the occasion of his 75th birthday 2 a critique on how scientists spend their working hours 3 an article on the Lvov Information Control System designed by Glushkov for the Lvov TV Factory, which the Ukranian Academy of Sciences has ordered to be generalized for use in a wide range of factories engaged in mass production of a limited variety of products.
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Subject Categories:
- Computer Hardware