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A examination of two major innovations in military aeronautics--turbojet propulsion and the variable-sweep wing--using the classical economic investment model. Three phases of the innovation process are distinguished: invention or conception, demons...
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A model of human linguistic performance for computer implementation, limited to the input-output interactions and internal processes available on today's digital computers. The model is to understand factual information input to it, answer questions...
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A special slide rule for solving geometric problems related to synchronous satellites is included in this Memorandum, which supplements the information printed on the slide rule and documents the mathematical background.
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Examines the role of serum albumin in blood chemistry with respect to the binding of hydrogen, chloride, and calcium. Serum albumin is considered as a mathematical entity. Emphasis is on the interpretation of binding data using the Linderstrom-Lang...
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A discussion of the applications of computer systems to the weapons systems development process, with emphasis on the role that the government might play in promoting, supporting, and implementing development of new computer-based systems for enginee...
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A scheme for using directed, high-intensity light flashes to reduce the efficiency of Viet Cong night attacks.
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A generalized set of manned-spacecraft cost-estimating relationships are presented, along with a discussion of the cost data on which they are based, an explanation of their derivation, and comments on their use and limitations.
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A mathematical model implemented by a FORTRAN program for use in the resource analysis of alternative long-range plans for exploration of space, prepared for the Advanced Manned Missions Program Office of Headquarters NASA. Included are discussions o...
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A discussion of the basic concepts of the techniques of digital computer simulation.
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The use of linear programming algorithms for solving Air Force stockage problems such as the following: design of a mobility kit of reparables; single multi-weapon base stockage of reparables, recoverables and war reserve supplements, and EOQ items...
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A study of the processing of questions input to a computerized question-answering system such as the RAND Relational Data File.
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An extension and generalization of the technique of RM-5198, in which the Pareto probability density distribution is shown to apply to the problem of detection of radar signals of unknown frequency.
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The relationship between risk and profit is explored and a method for measuring the risk component of corporate earnings is developed. Average risk premiums and risk-adjusted rates of return are estimated for aerospace and ten other industry groups....
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An evaluation of the impact of chemical crop destruction on the Viet Cong food supply and on the attitude of the Vietnamese peasant toward the United States and the Government of Vietnam.
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Application of the proton condition of inorganic chemistry to the problem of describing the net acid content in a biological system. A "proton content" is defined that expresses the net acid content in terms of the detailed chemical composition of t...
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This paper presents a practical technique for obtaining the best linear unbiased (B.L.U.) estimator for a large class of error correlation models.
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The use of minimization of mean-square error as a technique for designing classifiers.
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This paper outlines a theory of Probabilistic Information Processing and describes three experimental studies testing that theory.
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It is well known that the response to any given incident pulse can be constructed from the solution of the harmonic wave problem.
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The authors respond to Comment on 'Magnetohydrodynamic-hypersonic viscous and inviscid flow near the stagnation point of a blunt body,'
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