Chapter 1 THE TASKS AND THE COMPUTERS A. INTRODUCTION Chapter 2 DATA-ACQUISITION SYSTEMS A. INTRODUCTION 1. History Chapter 3 A REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURES Chapter 4 SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON SYSTEM PLANNING A. THE NEED FOR ON-LINE COMPUTER SYSTEMS Appendix A TABLES OF PROPERTIES OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED COMPUTERS Appendix B BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR CHAPTER 3, A REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURES Ad Hoc Panel on On-Line Computers in Nuclear Research NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES This is a report of work under Contract NSF-C310, T.O. 47 between the National Science Foundation and the National Academy of Sciences and under Contract AT(49-1)3236 between the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the National Academy of Sciences. Available from |