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Paul Feyerabend, Against Method (Typoscript 1969), Rudolf Kaehr

Rudolf Kaehr

Facsimile of Paul Feyerabend's AGAINST METHOD Original typoscript of Against Methods from 1968 with handwritten corrections. Last sentence, p. 116: "We must take care that it does not lose its ability to make such a choice."

Terminal Talk - The Wofford Connection - January 1969, Wofford College Computer Center

Terminal Talk

No abstract provided.

A General Study Of The Computer Process, Mary Beth Mangrum

Honors Theses

The electronic device known as the Computer was developed many years ago and is widely used by businessmen, scientists, and engineers to assist in solving many types of problems. In order to understand how computers can help you solve problems, it is best to disregard some of the impressions gained from popular accounts of the computers use. The computer is not a magic brain which will replace the human brain; the computer simply performs a series of mathematical or logical steps according to instructions which spell out exactly how it is to perform the required operations.

The computer's primary purpose …

Terminal Talk - The Wofford Connection - December 1968, Wofford College Computer Center

Terminal Talk

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Terminal Talk - The Wofford Connection - November 1968, Wofford College Computer Center

Terminal Talk

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Terminal Talk - The Wofford Connection - October 1968, Wofford College Computer Center

Terminal Talk

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Terminal Talk - The Wofford Connection - September 1968, Wofford College Computer Center

Terminal Talk

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Numerical Analysis For The Consumer, D. Dodson, J. Ewing, P. Miller, W. Nylin, E. Petarik, S. Prues

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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New Computer Methods For Protein Crystallography, Martin Zwick

Systems Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

New Computer Methods for Protein Crystallography, by Martin Zwick. Submitted to the Department of Biology on 30 August 1968 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. The section, "MYOGLOBIN REFINEMENT," describes the fitting of an idealized polypeptide chain to a set of approximate backbone coordinates for the protein, sperm whale myoglobin. This procedure refines the structure by imposing upon it known bond distances and angles, and simultaneously derives a representation of the polypeptide conformation in terms of the values of the rotation angles about its single bonds. The overall rms and mean deviation between …

Terminal Talk - The Wofford Connection - August 1968, Wofford College Computer Center

Terminal Talk

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Ptss User's Manual, E. J. Desautels

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Terminal Talk - The Wofford Connection - July 1968, Wofford College Computer Center

Terminal Talk

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Electronic Computers - A Historical Survey In Print, Saul Rosen

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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An Evaluation Of Five Polynomial Zero Finders, David S. Dodson, Phillip A. Miller, William C. Nylin, John R. Rice

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Qslin - A Fortran Subroutine Package For The Solution Of Non-Linear Two-Point Boundary Value Problems, S. Silverston

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Least Squares Cubic Spline Approximation I - Fixed Knots, Carl De Boor, John R. Rice

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Least Squares Cubic Spline Approximation, Ii - Variable Knots, Carl De Boor, John R. Rice

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Ortnrm - A Fortran Subroutine Package For The Solution Of Linear Two-Point Boundary Value Problems, S. Silverston

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Paul Feyerabend's Telegram, Rudolf Kaehr

Rudolf Kaehr

6-page telegram from Paul Feyerabend (London) to Rolf Kaehr (Westberlin) Telegram 1 I am ill. Please let the seminar continue in my absence. Inform Prof Landmann and Prof Huebner, cancel the hotel reservation and read the following final message to my class on tuesday 1pm: I am sorry that I cannot give what Telegram 2 would have been my last lecture to you. In this lecture I would have elaborated on Verons argument and would have tried to show that it also excludes consience, self expression, identification. Turning back to the empiricist methodology and demand for theoretical unification I would …

Planning Flood Control Measures By Digital Computer, James Norris Cline, L. Douglas James

KWRRI Research Reports

The purpose of this study was to develop adequate guidelines whereby those interested in flood control planning would be able to apply a pair of digital computer programs known as the University of Kentucky Flood Control Planning Programs to ease the computational burden of evaluating specific flood control situations. Program II determines the economically optimum combination of channel improvement, land use restriction, and flood proofing for flood damage abatement. Program III also incorporates reservoir storage into the planning process. The Programs are not intended to provide a finished design but rather to select the optimum combination of flood control measures …

A Study Of Computers And Computer Programming, Janet Moffett

Honors Theses

Computers have become a great aid to scientists and businessmen. Their speed and accuracy had enabled much progress in many fields. Although computers are capable of many tasks, they are dependent upon the programmer and can only do what they are told to do. Computers are based on logical organization and act according to organized data.

There are many forms of input used by computers today. Some of the most common forms of input are by typewriter, punched cards, magnetic tape, punched paper taps, and console switches. The typewriter is usually used in accordance with other types of input media. …

Economic Analysis Of Flood Detention Storage By Digital Computer, James Ray Villines, L. Douglas James

KWRRI Research Reports

The objective of this study was to develop a digital computer procedure for preliminary analysis of the economic justification of reservoir detention storage for flood control and to present a sample study illustrating its application. A computer program called the University of Kentucky Flood Control Planning Program III was developed and tested on the flood plain of the South Fork of the Licking River in northeastern Kentucky.

Given a specified reservoir site and a downstream flood plain divided into planning units, Program III selects the economically efficient combination of reservoir detention storage and the associated combination of channel improvement, flood …

A Development Of Regression Models For Predicting Temperature, Salinity And Sound Velocity In Sea Water, Darwin Wayne Brown

Masters Theses

"There are in existence today some reasonably good numerical procedures for predicting sound velocity, but these procedures require that certain initial data such as temperature and salinity be given before a sound velocity may be computed. Eliminating the need for on-location observations of temperature and salinity, which are used in computing sound velocity, was the primary objective of this study. Stepwise multiple regression was applied in the search for suitable models to predict temperature and salinity, and ultimately sound entirely in terms of controllable variables, such as latitude, longitude, depth, and day-of-year"--Abstract, page ii.

A Comparison Of Three Numerical Techniques Used For The Solution Of The Two-Point Boundary Value Problem, William Richard Krall

Masters Theses

"Three numerical approximation techniques, called the Initial step, Shooting, and Direct Finite Difference Techniques, respectively, are compared and discussed as they apply to the solution of both linear and non-linear boundary-value problems of the form y"=f(x,y,y') with endpoint conditions y(x_o)=y_o and y(x_n)=y_n. The techniques are compared with respect to speed and accuracy by comparing the solution of each problem considered four times, each time for a different increment value, and comparing the errors at four pivotal points chosen at equally spaced distances over the domain of the function, to give an indication of …

Solving Sequential Conditions By Finite State Strategies, J. Richard Buchi, Lawrence H. Landweber

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Definability In The Monadic Second-Order Theory Of Successor, J. Richard Buchi, Lawrence H. Landweber

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Problems Encountered With Control Networks In Highly-Restructurable Digital Systems, Donald F. Wann, Robert A. Ellis, Mishell J. Stucki, Robert M. Keller

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

This paper discusses problems encountered with control networks in highly restructurable digital systems. In particular the treatment of implementation errors is covered with emphasis on concurrent processing. The implementation of concurrent processing networks may result in errors which will be quite complex to detect and systematic methods are warranted. Four meta control elements are employed in obtaining convenient concurrent structures. We analyze several error detecting schemes and conclude that the arc-node method with node partitioning appears to be the most realistic approach at this time.

Structure Of A Language For A Numerical Analysis Problem Solving Systems, Lawrence R. Symes, Roger V. Roman

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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The Generalized Inverse In Linear Programming: An Intersection Projection Method, L. Duane Pyle

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Air Force Rotc At The University Of Richmond, 1951-1957, Robert J. Dandridge

Honors Theses

In the summer of 1950, after the seriousness of the Korean conflict had become evident, a special committee appointed three years earlier by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees was reactivated for the purpose of considering "the feasibility of applying for a Reserve Office Training Corps unit" for the University of Richmond. This special committee, called the ROTC Committee, after thorough study, rendered a unanimous recommendation to the Board that a unit of Army ROTC be applied for. The application was completed and mailed to the Department of the Army. Approval of the application was not long in …