Journal of the ACM, Volume 4, 1957

Volume 4, Number 1, January 1957

• Alston S. Householder:
  Retiring Presidential Address. 1-4
  
• John W. Carr III:
  Inaugural Presidential Address. 5-7
  
• Thomas B. Steel Jr.:
  Pact IA. 8-11
  
• Walter F. Bauer, George P. West:
  A System for General-Purpose Analog-Digital Computation. 12-17
  
• Samuel D. Conte:
  A Stable Implicit Finite Difference Approximation to a Fourth Order Parabolic Equation. 18-23
  
• Yudell L. Luke:
  Rational Approximations to the Exponential Function. 24-29
  
• Abe Shenitzer:
  Chebyshev Approximation of a Continuous Function by a Class of Functions. 30-35
  
• Susie E. Atta:
  Effect of Propagated Error on Inverse of Hilbert Matrix. 36-40
  
• D. H. Lehmer:
  Sorting Cards with Respect to a Modulus. 41-46
  
• David A. Huffman:
  The Design and Use of Hazard-Free Switching Networks. 47-62
  
• Hao Wang:
  A Variant to Turing's Theory of Computing Machines. 63-92
  

Volume 4, Number 2, April 1957

• J. H. Chung, C. C. Gotlieb:
  Test of an Inventory Control System on FERUT. 121-130
  
• Robert H. Bracken, Harley Tillitt:
  Information Searching with the 701 Calculator. 131-136
  
• Francis H. Harlow:
  Hydrodynamic Problems Involving Large Fluid Distortions. 137-142
  
• Gene H. Leichner:
  Designing Computer Circuits with a Computer. 143-147
  
• James A. Ward:
  The Down-Hill Method of Solving f(z)=0. 148-150
  
• F. Yates, S. Lipton:
  An Automatic Programming Routine for the Elliott 401. 151-156
  
• Robert J. Mercer:
  Micro-Programming. 157-171
  
• Charles J. Swift:
  Machine Features for a More Automatic Monitoring System on Digital Computers. 172-173
  
• J. Kister, P. Stein, S. Ulam, W. Walden, M. Wells:
  Experiments in Chess. 174-177
  
• Herbert T. Glantz:
  On the Recognition of Information With a Digital Computer. 178-188
  
• William Miehle:
  Burroughs Truth Function Evaluator. 189-192
  
• Arthur W. Burks, Hao Wang:
  The Logic of Automata - Part I. 193-218
  

Volume 4, Number 3, July 1957

• Anthony G. Oettinger:
  Account Identification for Automatic Data Processing. 245-253
  
• Saul Gorn:
  Standardized Programming Methods and Universal Coding. 254-273
  
• S. Lipton:
  Two Programming Techniques for One-Plus-One Address Computers. 274-278
  
• Arthur W. Burks, Hao Wang:
  The Logic of Automata - Part II. 279-297
  
• Wallace Givens:
  The Characteristic Value-Vector Problem. 298-307
  
• Paul S. Dwyer, Bernard A. Galler:
  The Method of Reduced Matrices for a General Transportation Problem. 308-313
  
• Gene Thomas Thompson:
  On Bateman's Method for Solving Linear Integral Equations. 314-328
  
• J. H. Halton, D. C. Handscomb:
  A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of Monte Carlo Integration. 329-340
  
• Allen A. Goldstein, Norman Levine, James B. Hereshoff:
  On the ``Best'' and ``Least Qth'' Approximation of an Overdetermined System of Linear Equations. 341-347
  
• T. C. Rowan:
  Psychological Tests and Selection of Computer Programmers. 348-353
  
• David R. Israel:
  Simulation Techniques for the Test and Evaluation of Real-Time Computer Programs. 354-361
  

Volume 4, Number 4, October 1957

• Theodore J. Williams, R. Curtis Johnson, Arthur Rose:
  Computations in the Field of Engineering Chemistry. 393-419
  
• Arnold Weinberger, H. Loberman:
  Symbolic Designations for Electrical Connections. 420-427
  
• H. Loberman, Arnold Weinberger:
  Formal Procedures for Connecting Terminals with a Minimum Total Wire Length. 428-437
  
• R. T. Nelson, J. R. Jackson:
  SWAC Computations for Some m×n Scheduling Problems. 438-441
  
• Roger L. Boyell:
  Programmed Multiplication on the IBM 407. 442-449
  
• Paolo Ercoli, Roberto Vacca:
  Errors Due to Overflow in Arithmetic Operations Particularly as Regards FINAC Electronic Computer. 450-455
  
• Nathaniel Macon:
  Condensation and Look-Up Procedures for Double Entry Tables. 456-458
  
• David A. Pope, C. Tompkins:
  Maximizing Functions of Rotations - Experiments Concerning Speed of Diagonalization of Symmetric Matrices Using Jacobi's Method. 459-466
  
• Stephen H. Crandall:
  Optimum Recurrence Formulas for a Fourth Order Parabolic Partial Differential Equation. 467-471
  
• Bernard Sherman:
  Determination of Three Percentiles of the omega_n Distribution Function. 472-476
  
• C. L. Gerberich, Ward C. Sangren:
  Codes for the Classical Membrane Problem. 477-486
  
• Robert C. Minnick:
  Tshebysheff Approximations for Power Series. 487-504
  
• Emma Lehmer, H. S. Vandiver:
  On the Computation of the Number of Solutions of Certain Trinomial Congruences. 505-510
  
• Iu. Ia. Bazilevskii:
  The Universal Electronic Digital Machine (URAL) for Engineering Research. 511-519
  
• Conference on Matrix Computations (Abstracts). 520-523
  
• Robert M. Mason, R. E. Cordray:
  Remarks on ``The Digital Approximation of Contours''. 524-529
  
• J. H. Halton, D. C. Handscomb:
  Erratum: ``A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of Monte Carlo Integration''. 540