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Electronics in business management / by Charles N. Moore and Thomas N. Humble ; with the collaboration of H.H. Chapman.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moore, Charles N., author.
- Humble, Thomas N., author.
- Chapman, H. H. (Herman Hollis), 1894-1977, author.
- Series:
- Printed series (University of Alabama. Bureau of Business Research) ; no. 21.
- Bureau of Business Research, University of Alabama. Printed series ; no. 21
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electronic data processing.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 82 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University, Alabama : Bureau of Business Research, School of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Alabama, 1956.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- 1. How electronic computers came to be
- 2. What electronic computers can do
- 3. Some definitions
- Definitions of an electronic computer
- Basic components of computer systems
- General-purpose and special-purpose computers
- Internally programmed machines and externally programmed machines
- Electronic computer language
- Programming
- Feedback
- 4. How computers operate and some number theory
- 5. Why business needs high-speed computers
- 6. Applications to business routines
- Applications by the U. S. Bureau of the Census
- Applications by private business concerns
- 7. Applications to business research and the analysis of business problems
- Forecasting and time-series analysis
- Special surveys
- Cost distribution
- Sales analysis
- Mathematical programming
- 8. Probable impact of the electronic computers
- Probable impact on business
- Probable impact on the economy
- Probable impact on education
- 9. What to do about it
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-82).
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by John W. Mauchly and Kay Mauchly in 1981 and 1986. With annotations by Mauchly, and autograph of Adolph Matz.
- OCLC:
- 2307626
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