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Publication date: 1 May 1973

Clare Smythe

The complexity and the wide range of electronic data processing machines on the market is bewildering; at the one end are the relatively simple machines such as invoicing…

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The complexity and the wide range of electronic data processing machines on the market is bewildering; at the one end are the relatively simple machines such as invoicing calculators, at the other the complex and powerful computer systems. For many organisations neither of these is the answer. Visible Record Computers however, occuping an intermediate position, are flexible, fully supported with software and systems, and relatively inexpensive. How VRCs function and how they may be applied to the distributive trades form the subject of this feature.

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Retail and Distribution Management, vol. 1 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-2363

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Publication date: 1 October 1980

In the dynamic area of production it is vitally important to control, rather than simply react to, change. This requires immediate access to accurate, up‐to‐date information which…

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In the dynamic area of production it is vitally important to control, rather than simply react to, change. This requires immediate access to accurate, up‐to‐date information which is impossible wiithout making use of computerised techniques. At last management is beginning to realise this and the data processing industry has responded with a variety of products to help management.

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Industrial Management & Data Systems, vol. 80 no. 10
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-5577

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Publication date: 1 January 1981

The Severn‐Trent Water Authority has an unusual data processing requirement — 2,000,000 bills have to be produced once a year in the space of a single month. Delays in production…

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The Severn‐Trent Water Authority has an unusual data processing requirement — 2,000,000 bills have to be produced once a year in the space of a single month. Delays in production have a serious effect on cashflow. This led the Authority to invest in an ICL LPS14 laser printer, and it proved a good move — the system paid for itself within four months of installation.

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Industrial Management & Data Systems, vol. 81 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-5577

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Publication date: 1 October 1980

For almost thirty years Holset Engineering Company of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, has supplied equipment to the automotive industry. The company is now embarking on a plan of…

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For almost thirty years Holset Engineering Company of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, has supplied equipment to the automotive industry. The company is now embarking on a plan of technical computing which starts at the heart of the manufacturing process‐in the design office.

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Industrial Management & Data Systems, vol. 80 no. 9
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-5577

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Publication date: 1 October 1980

The hardware and software announced last month by ICL has resulted in a considerable improvement in the price/performance ratio for purchasers of the new equipment. Existing users…

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The hardware and software announced last month by ICL has resulted in a considerable improvement in the price/performance ratio for purchasers of the new equipment. Existing users of 2900 processors are going to be offered attractive options to allow them to enhance their installed products to bring them into line with the new advantages.

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Industrial Management & Data Systems, vol. 80 no. 12
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-5577

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Publication date: 1 March 1974

Frances Neel Cheney

Communications regarding this column should be addressed to Mrs. Cheney, Peabody Library School, Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Mrs. Cheney does not sell the books listed here. They are…

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Communications regarding this column should be addressed to Mrs. Cheney, Peabody Library School, Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Mrs. Cheney does not sell the books listed here. They are available through normal trade sources. Mrs. Cheney, being a member of the editorial board of Pierian Press, will not review Pierian Press reference books in this column. Descriptions of Pierian Press reference books will be included elsewhere in this publication.

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Reference Services Review, vol. 2 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0090-7324

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Publication date: 1 May 1978

In a recent reference to changes brought about by the local government reorganisation of 1974, we criticised some of the names given to the new areas. Some of these name changes…

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In a recent reference to changes brought about by the local government reorganisation of 1974, we criticised some of the names given to the new areas. Some of these name changes have made difficulties for those who follow from afar the doings of local authorities, as well as raising the ire of local people. Local names, however, are not the only casualty. The creation of new and larger governmental organisations rarely, if ever, results in economy and as anticipated, it was not long before the new local authorities were being directed to embrace financial stringency and all that it incurs. One such other casualty has been the loss of so many of the annual reports of local authority departments, very few now arriving at BFJ offices. In every case, the reason has been the same—severe restrictions on spending. Not that this was not necessary in many fields, but in respect of annual reports, we are convinced it was false economy. For so many of the reports, it was our pleasure to review them in the pages of BFJ. A prominent Labour politician was once heard to refer to them as “hard and dry reports for hard and dry officials”. It all depends probably on what you are looking for in them. Statistics there must be but most enforcement officers and public analysts, endeavour to keep these to the minimum, the general impression being that these are “dry”. If you are looking for trends, for comparison of the year under review with preceding years and then for comparing the results reported in one part of the country with another, where the population, eating habits, consumer reactions may be different, the tables of statistics are highly important.

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British Food Journal, vol. 80 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 15 July 2020

Yvonne R. Masakowski

Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles are shaping our daily lives, society, and will continue to transform how we will fight…

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Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles are shaping our daily lives, society, and will continue to transform how we will fight future wars. Advances in AI technologies have fueled an explosion of interest in the military and political domain. As AI technologies evolve, there will be increased reliance on these systems to maintain global security. For the individual and society, AI presents challenges related to surveillance, personal freedom, and privacy. For the military, we will need to exploit advances in AI technologies to support the warfighter and ensure global security. The integration of AI technologies in the battlespace presents advantages, costs, and risks in the future battlespace. This chapter will examine the issues related to advances in AI technologies, as we examine the benefits, costs, and risks associated with integrating AI and autonomous systems in society and in the future battlespace.

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Artificial Intelligence and Global Security
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78973-812-4

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Publication date: 6 April 2023

David Arditi

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Digital Feudalism: Creators, Credit, Consumption, and Capitalism
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ISBN: 978-1-80455-769-3

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Publication date: 1 July 1976

Anthony Olden

DUBLIN DID NOT LACK literary talent in 1924. When Francis Stuart, his wife Iseult, and Cecil Salkeld decided to bring out a new periodical devoted to the arts, they found little…

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DUBLIN DID NOT LACK literary talent in 1924. When Francis Stuart, his wife Iseult, and Cecil Salkeld decided to bring out a new periodical devoted to the arts, they found little difficulty collecting material. W. B. Yeats and Joseph Campbell contributed poems, Liam O'Flaherty a short story. Lennox Robinson—dramatist, director of the Abbey Theatre and secretary of the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust's Irish office—was too busy to write anything specially, but offered a story written years previously in New York, ‘The Madonna of Slieve Dun’. The first issue of To‐morrow: a New Irish Monthly (price sixpence) appeared in August. Within six months the Carnegie Trust's Irish Advisory Committee was suspended and Robinson, its secretary, dismissed.

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Library Review, vol. 25 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0024-2535

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