Communications of the ACM (CACM), Volume 29, 1986

Volume 29, Number 1, January 1986

• Kenneth C. Laudon: Data Quality and Due Process in Large Interorganizational Record Systems. 4-11

• Jason L. Frand, Ephraim R. McLean: Summary of the Second Annual UCLA Survey of Business School Computer Usage. 12-18

• Jean-Pierre Banâtre, Michel Banâtre, Guy Lapalme, Florimond Ployette: The Design and Building of Enchère, a Distributed Electronic Marketing System. 19-29
• Mike Heck, Martin Plaehn: A Workstation Model for an Interactive Graphics System. 30-37

• Gordon B. Davis: Selected Papers from the Sixth International Conference on Information Systems - Introduction. 39
• Gary W. Dickson, Gerardine DeSanctis, D. J. McBride: Understanding The Effectiveness of Computer Graphics for Decision Support: A Cumulative Experimental Approach. 40-47
• Iris Vessey, Ron Weber: Structured Tools and Conditional Logic: An Empirical Investigation. 48-57

Volume 29, Number 2, February 1986

• Jon Louis Bentley: Cutting the Gordian Knot. 92-96

• Richard M. Karp: Combinatorics, Complexity, and Randomness. 97-109
• Karen A. Frenkel: Piecing Together Complexity. 110-111
• Karen A. Frenkel: Complexity and Parallel Processing: An Interview with Richard Karp. 112-117

• Simon L. Peyton Jones: Parsing Distfix Operators. 118-122
• Warren Harrison, Curtis R. Cook: A Note on the Berry-Meekings Style Metric. 123-125
• K. A. Redish, W. F. Smyth: Program Style Analysis: A Natural By-Product of Program Compilation. 126-133

• D. Yun Yeh, Toshinori Munakata: Dynamic Initial Allocation and Local Reallocation Procedures for Multiple Stacks. 134-141
• Carol S. Saunders, Richard W. Scamell: Organizational Power and the Information Services Department: A Reexamination. 142-147

Volume 29, Number 3, March 1986

• James H. Morris, Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Michael H. Conner, John H. Howard, David S. H. Rosenthal, F. Donelson Smith: Andrew: A Distributed Personal Computing Environment. 184-201
• Norman E. Gibbs, Allen B. Tucker: A Model Curriculum for a Liberal Arts Degree in Computer Science. 202-210

• Sumit Sircar, Dinesh Dave: The Relationship Between Benchmark Tests and Microcomputer Price. 212-217
• Philip J. Fleming, John J. Wallace: How Not To Lie With Statistics: The Correct Way To Summarize Benchmark Results. 218-221
• Donald Golden, Michael A. Pechura: The Structure of Microcomputer File Systems. 222-230

• Jack J. Baroudi, Margrethe H. Olson, Blake Ives: An Empirical Study of the Impact of User Involvement on System Usage and Information Satisfaction. 232-238
• H. E. Lü, Patrick Shen-Pei Wang: A Comment on "A Fast Parallel Algorithm for Thinning Digital Patterns". 239-242

Volume 29, Number 4, April 1986

• Alfred Z. Spector, David K. Gifford: A Computer Science Perspective of Bridge Design. 267-283
• Karen A. Frenkel: Computers, Complexity, and the Statue of Liberty Restoration. 284-296

• John A. N. Lee, Gerald Segal, Rosalie Steier: Positive Alternatives: A Report on an ACM Panel on Hacking. 297-299

• Douglas W. Jones: An Empirical Comparison of Priority-Queue and Event-Set Implementations. 300-311
• Larry Koved, Ben Shneiderman: Embedded Menus: Selecting Items in Context. 312-318

• Jon Louis Bentley, Daniel Dominic Sleator, Robert Endre Tarjan, Victor K. Wei: A Locally Adaptive Data Compression Scheme. 320-330

Volume 29, Number 5, May 1986

• Jon Louis Bentley: Literate Programming. 364-369

• Marek J. Sergot, Fariba Sadri, Robert A. Kowalski, F. Kriwaczek, Peter Hammond, H. T. Cory: The British Nationality Act as a Logic Program. 370-386

• John S. Gourlay: A Language for Music Printing. 388-401
• Valdis Berzins, Michael Gray, David Naumann: Abstraction-Based Software Development. 402-415
• Richard Botting: Novel Security Techniques for On-Line Systems. 416-417

• David S. Scott, S. Sitharama Iyengar: TID - A Translation Invariant Data Structure for Storing Images. 418-429

Volume 29, Number 6, June 1986

• Jon Louis Bentley: A Literate Program. 471-483

• Herbert J. Bernstein: Special Section on Factory Automation and Robotics. 484-485
• John E. Hopcroft: The Impact of Robotics on Computer Science. 486-498
• Marc H. Raibert: Legged Robots. 499-514
• David D. Grossman: Opportunities for Research on Numerical Control Machining. 515-522

• Stefano Ceri, Georg Gottlob:
  Normalization of Relations and PROLOG. 524-544
  

• Jack J. Baroudi, Michael J. Ginzberg: Impact of the Technological Environment on Programmer/Analyst Job Outcomes. 546-555

Volume 29, Number 7, July 1986

• Clark D. Thompson: Military Direction of Academic CS Research (Viewpoint). 583-585

• Henry F. Ledgard: Special Section on The Human Aspects of Computing: A Note on This Collection. 593
• Avi Rushinek, Sara F. Rushinek: What Makes Users Happy? 594-598
• Brian M. Slator, Matthew P. Anderson, Walt Conley: Pygmalion at the Interface. 599-604
• Richard E. Mayer, Jennifer L. Dyck, William Vilberg: Learning to Program and Learning to Think: What's the Connection? 605-610
• Geoffry S. Howard, Robert D. Smith: Computer Anxiety in Management: Myth or Reality? 611-615
• John D. Gannon, Elizabeth E. Katz, Victor R. Basili: Metrics for Ada Packages: An Initial Study. 616-623
• James C. Spohrer, Elliot Soloway: Novice Mistakes: Are the Folk Wisdoms Correct? 624-632
• James L. Peterson: A Note on Undetected Typing Errors. 633-637 , Corridendum: CACM 29(9): 922 (1986)
• Moira LeMay, Eric Hird: Operator Work Load: When is Enough Enough? 638-642
• Neal S. Coulter, Norman H. Kelly: Computer Instruction Set Usage by Programmers: An Empirical Investigation. 643-647

• Gerard Salton: Another Look at Automatic Text-Retrieval Systems. 648-656
• Hassan Gomaa: Software Development of Real-Time Systems. 657-668

• Neil Sarnak, Robert Endre Tarjan: Planar Point Location Using Persistent Search Trees. 669-679

Volume 29, Number 8, August 1986

• Jon Louis Bentley: Little Languages. 711-721

• Jean E. Sammet: Why Ada is Not Just Another Programming Language. 722-732
• Edward Lieblein: The Department of Defense Software Initiative - A Status Report. 734-744
• Martin K. Solomon, Riva Wenig Bickel: Self-Assessment Procedure XV: A Self-Assessment Procedure Dealing with File Processing. 745-751

• Karen A. Frenkel: Evaluating Two Massively Parallel Machines. 752-758

• Russell M. Clapp, Louis Duchesneau, Richard A. Volz, Trevor N. Mudge, Timothy Schultze: Toward Real-Time Performance Benchmarks for Ada. 760-778
• Young Moo Kang, Robert B. Miller, Roger Alan Pick: Comments on "Grosch's Law Re-Revisited: CPU Power and the Cost of Computation". 779-781
• Jon Louis Bentley, Brian W. Kernighan: GRAP - A Language for Typesetting Graphs. 782-792

• R. H. Irving, Christopher A. Higgins, Frank R. Safayeni: Computerized Performance Monitoring Systems: Use and Abuse. 794-801
• Raymond F. Koopman: The Orders of Equidistribution of Subsequences of Some Asymptotically Random Sequences. 802-806

Volume 29, Number 9, September 1986

• Jon Louis Bentley: Document Design. 832-839

• Derek H. Sleeman: Special Section on The Challenges of Teaching Computer Programming. 840-841
• John R. Anderson, Edward Skwarecki: The Automated Tutoring of Introductory Computer Programming. 842-849
• Elliot Soloway: Learning to Program = Learning to Construct Mechanisms and Explanations. 850-858
• Andrea A. diSessa, Harold Abelson: Boxer: A Reconstructible Computational Medium. 859-868

• David Gries, Raymond E. Miller, Robert W. Ritchie, Paul Young: Imbalance Between Growth and Funding in Academic Computing Science: Two Trends Colliding. 870-878

• Daniel G. Bobrow, Sanjay Mittal, Mark Stefik: Expert Systems: Perils and Promise. 880-894
• M. D. Janssens, J. K. Annot, A. J. van de Goor: Adapting UNIX for a Multiprocessor Environment. 895-901

• Quentin F. Stout, Bette L. Warren: Tree Rebalancing in Optimal Time and Space. 902-908

Volume 29, Number 10, October 1986

• John S. Quarterman, Josiah C. Hoskins: Notable Computer Networks. 932-971

• David Gries: The 1984-1985 Taulbee Survey. 972-977

• Niklaus Wirth: Microprocessor Architectures: A Comparison Based on Code Generation by Compiler. 978-990
• Manny Hayes: Accessing Bit Fields in FORTRAN-77. 991-995

• M. D. Atkinson, Jörg-Rüdiger Sack, Nicola Santoro, Thomas Strothotte: Min-Max Heaps and Generalized Priority Queues. 996-1000

Volume 29, Number 11, November 1986

• William K. McHenry, Seymour E. Goodman: MIS in Soviet Industrial Enterprise: The Limits of Reform from Above. 1034-1043
• Joseph K. Kearney, Robert L. Sedlmeyer, William B. Thompson, Michael A. Gray, Michael A. Adler: Software Complexity Measurement. 1044-1050

• Glen G. Langdon Jr.: Self-Assessment Procedure XVI: A Self-Assessment Procedure Dealing with Computer Organization and Logic Design. 1051-1060
• Dorothy Deringer, David H. Brandin, Dexter Fletcher, Neil Jacobstein: The Report of the ACM Longe-Range Planning Committee: A Summary. 1061-1071

• Pierre N. Robillard: Schematic Pseudocode for Program Constructs and Its Computer Automation by SCHEMACODE. 1072-1089
• Frank G. Landram, James R. Cook, Marvin Johnston: Spreadsheet Calculations of Probabilities from the F, t, Chi² , and Normal Distribution. 1090-1092

• Izak Benbasat, Albert S. Dexter, Peter A. Todd: An Experimental Program Investigating Color-Enhanced and Graphical Information Presentation: An Integration of the Findings. 1094-1105

Volume 29, Number 12, December 1986

• Jon Louis Bentley: Birth of a Cruncher. 1155-1161

• Karen A. Frenkel: Introduction to the Special Issue on Parallelism. 1168-1169
• W. Daniel Hillis, Guy L. Steele Jr.: Data Parallel Algorithms. 1170-1183 , Update: CACM 30(1): 78 (1987)
• David A. Padua, Michael Wolfe: Advanced Compiler Optimizations for Supercomputers. 1184-1201
• Randall Rettberg, Robert Thomas: Contention is no Obstacle to Shared-Memory Multiprocessing. 1202-1212
• Craig Stanfill, David L. Waltz: Toward Memory-Based Reasoning. 1213-1228
• Craig Stanfill, Brewster Kahle: Parallel Free-Text Search on the Connection Machine System. 1229-1239