Directory of Scholars Active This is an update of the materials published in CHum, I (May 1967), 178241. Starred entries appear for the first time. Only information not previously listed is included. Any reader wishing to submit data for the next update (May 1968) should request form 101 from the editor.

General ~G7. C o m p u t e r E d i t i n g a n d P u b l i s h i n g of T e x t

Chief investigator: Max V. Mathews, Director, Behavioral Research Laboratory, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07971. Associates: Joan E. Miller, R. Don Freeman. Scope: Edit and correct a text typed on a computer-readable typewriter, then draw text on a computer-controlled cathode ray tube. Type of computer: IBM 7094. Size of Storage: $2K. Language and level: FORTRANH. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 1 disk. References: "Computer Editing, Typesetting and Image Generation," AFIPS ConIerence Proceedings, Vol. 27, Part 1, 1965 Fall Joint Computer Conference, pp. 389-398. ~G8, SMART a u t o m a t i c text p r o c e s s i n g a n d r e t r i e v a l s y s t e m Chief investigator: Gerard Salton, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Cornell University, 406 Upson Hall, Ithaca, New York 14850. Associates: M. E. Lesk, E. M. Keen. Scope: Collections of documents in computer science, documentation, aerodynamics, medicine. Method: Fully automatic content analysis of document abstracts and search requests; automatic search and retrieval; user-controlled search strategies. Type of computer: IBM 7094/II. Size of storage: 32K core. Language and level: t~At%FORTRAN.No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 16 tapes. Is program available? Yes. References: "Progress in Automatic Information Retrieval," 1EEE Spectrum, August 1965. Series of reports on "Information Storage and Retrieval" to the National Science Foundation, nos. xsR-1 to IsR-12, 1962-1967, Harvard Computation Laboratory, and Computer Science Department, Cornell University. ~G9. R e s e a r c h o n " C i t a t i o n I n d e x S t u d i e s for I n f o r m a t i o n C o n t r o l "

Chief investigator: Irving H. Sher, Vice President, Dept. of Research and Development, Institute for Scientific Information, 325 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106. Associates: Dr. Eugene Garfield, Patricia Meekins~ Robert Mueller. Scope: Devise and implement systems and programs to produce improved displays of complex networks for any network requirement. Method: 1. Review journal and report literature for existing methods of representing and displaying various networks. 2. Display design evolved. 3. Equipment for creating the design evaluated. 4. Systems for creating and conveniently handling the network data devised. 5. Specific formats and programs prepared and tested. Type of computer: mM 360/30 (1401 compatabitity). Size of storage: 16g. Language and level: Machine language (for compatability). Special equipment: CALCOMP470 pen plotter. Is program available? Some programs ready now; project probably to continue. References: "The Use of Citation Data in Writing the History of Science," December 31, 1964. Eugene Garfield, Irving H. Sher, Richard J. Torpie. 71

*GIO. Automatic indexing; development of computer-based indexes, bibliographies, and catalogs; various research applications in the study of subject headings and the structure of index entries Chief investigator: Theodore C. Hines, Associate Professor, School of Library Service, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027. Associates: Maurice F, Tauber, Jessica L. Harris. Scope: Development of groups of unit operations for the production of bibliographies, catalogs and indexes; and related research into the nature of indexing systems. Method: In general, the technique is to combine theoretical and empirical techniques in the development of appropriate unit operations, and to use these both for production purposes and further research. Type o[ computer: mM 7090, 1620, 360/30/40/75. Language and level: SNOBOL, some COBOLand ~'L/I. Is program available? Some. 1References: Hines, T.C., and Harris, J. L. Computer Filing of Index, Bibliog'raphie, and Catalog Entries. Newark, N. J. (56 Earl Street), Bro-Dart Foundation, 1966.

*Gll. Computerized Catalog of Medieval Manuscripts Chief investigator: Julian G. Plante, Curator, Monastic Manuscript Microfilm Library, Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota 56321. Associates: Balthasar Breun, OSB, William Churchill. Scope: A catalog b~r type categories and/or thematic categories of the medieval manuscripts microfilmed in Europe. Method: 1. Collate information about each item. 2. Assign type and thematic categories. 3. Key punch. 4. Transfer to disk. 5. Sort by type of thematic categories, or these in concert. 6. Print in catalog form. 7. Open-ended possibility for updating. Type of computer: IB,'ct 1620. Size of storage: 20K. Language and level: sls. No. and type of disks: 2 1311 disk drives. Is program available? Yes.

*G12. Alternate Methods of Machine Indexing and their Effect on the Effectiveness of Document Retrieval Chief investigator: Norman D. Peterson, Senior Systems Analyst, Branch of AVe Systems, Bonneville Power Administration, 3660 N. E. 133 Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97230. (Chief investigator is also a part-time lecturer in information retrieval at the library school of the University of Portland.) Associates: Dale L. Holmes, Val S. Lava. Scope: Study the relative cost and effectiveness of indexing text of abstracts vs. titles only. Single-keywording vs. multiple (phrase) keywording. Consideration of exclusion (drop) list vs. inclusion list in keywording. Method: Application of mM software system no. 1401-CR-01X, as improved by Bonneville Power Administration, against a known data base of international power distribution literature in narrative form. Type of computer: IBr,~ 1401. Size of storage: 8K. Language and level: Autocoder. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: Minimum of 4 tapes (5 desirable). Is program available? Improved program available, together with documentation. References: Erik I. Bromberg, George A. Dubinski, and Norman D. Peterson, " T h e Bonneville Power Administration Selective Dissemination of Information Program," Special Libraries, LVIIt (October 1967), no. 8. Norman D. Peterson, "A System for Information Dissemination and Retrieval," Computer Group News, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, I (November 1967), no. 9. Norman D. Peterson, "Notes on Computers and Legal Research," The Practical Lawyer, November 1967 (a paper originally presented December 13, 1966, to the Oregon Chapter of the Federal Bar Association). Erik I. Bromberg, Power Group Conference Paper No. 31 CP 67-513, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, July 14, 1967. International Business Machines publications nos. H20-0053, H20-0054, H20-0055, and E20-8092.

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*G13. GRIPHOS General Retrieval and Information Processor for Humanities Oriented Studies Chief investigator: Jack Heller, Director, Institute for Computer Research in the Humanities, Dept. of Mathematics, New York University, University Heights, New York, N. Y. 10455. Associates: Gary Berlind, Dan Weinberger. Scope: A system within 560/os which stores textual information in a data bank and retrieves and displays information selectively. Storage for 500,000 textual items of average length 5000 characters. Method: Card, typewriter terminal or terminal computer input. Textual information stored on data cells and indexed via direct access disk storage. Type of computer: IBM ~60/50. Size of storage: 128K for program exclusive of operating system storage. Language and level: PL/t V. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 1 2514, 1 2521, 6 tapes. Is program available? Yes.

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Pattern Recognition and Formation by Machine

Chief investigator: Kenneth M. Sayre, Associate Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556. Associates: Frederick Crosson, David Burrell, C.S.C., Vaughn McKim, Kerry Koller. Scope: Hand-written characters. Method: Formal modeling. Type of computer: UNIVAC 1107. Size of storage: Flexible. Language and level: FORTRAN.I$ program available? At completion of project. References: The Modeling of Mind, ed. Sayre and Crosson; Recognition: d Study in the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, Sayre; Philosophy and Cybernetics, ed. Crosson and Sayre (all University of Notre Dame Press).

Language and Literature L3. Thomas Mann Index Chief investigator: Herbert H. Lehnert, Professor of German, Dept. of Germanics, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77001. Type of computer: IBM 7040. Size of storage: 32~ words. Language and level: COBOLVersion 11 Mod. 9. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 4 729 V tapes and 1 lS02 disk storage. Is program available? Not at present. References: "The Thomas Mann Project: A Progress Report," CHum, I (1967), 65-71. L14. C o m p u t e r - a i d e d R e s e a r c h i n M a c h i n e T r a n s l a t i o n

Chief investigator: Gerhard Reitz, Member of Technical Staff, Dept. of Data Sciences, Bunker-Ramo, 8455 Fallbrook, Canoga Park, California 91304. References: Progress Reports 1-14 and Final Report (5/~1/67) under NSF contracts C-P.35 and C-572.

L15. A Hawthorne Concordance Cancelled.

LI6. Authorship Attribution of Certain Articles in Diderot's "En. cyelope'die" Chief investigator: Richard L. Frautschi, Professor, Dept. of Romance Languages, University of North Carolina, 515 Dey HaJ1, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514. Associates: Edward Young,s, Mary Jane Stearns, David Schenck. Scope: Establishment of a Diderot and a non-Diderot universe: development of discriminants which will "recognize" the style of Diderot; comparison with

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disputed texts. Method: I. Automatic tabulation of discriminant frequencies. 2. Statistical projections of authorship probabilities. Type of computer: mM 360/75. Size of storage: 512xr Language and level: rL/I (r). Special equipment: 120-character print chain. Is program available? Not at present. References: "A Project for Author Discrimination in the Encyclopedic" (to be published in the South Atlantic Bulletin). L22. A Computer.based Records

Concordance

to the Anglo-Saxon Poetic

Chief investigator: J. B. Bessinger, Jr., Professor, Dept. of English, New York University, New York, N.Y. 10003. Associate: Philip H. Smith, Jr. Scope: Exhaustive concordance to all extant Old English verse. Method: 1. Edit for hyphenation and otherwise standardize six volumes of text. 2. Keypunch. 3. Transfer to tapes. 4. Sort and alphabetize. 5. Re-edit for homographs, etc. 6. Re-sort, re-alphabetize, and print. Type ol computer: IBM 1401, 7090, 7044 (no linkage). Size of storage: 4K; 32K; 32K. Language and level: Assembly. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 3 tapes with miscellaneous adjustments. Special equipment: 1050 typewriter terminal and special oE typing head. Is program available? The concordance generator is available; see below. References: "Computer Techniques for an Old English Concordance," American Documentation, XII (1961), 227-29. "A Concordance Generator," IBM Systems Journal, 111 (1964), 105-11. "A Computer Program to Generate a Text Concordance," Literary Data Processing Conference Proceedings (1964), pp. 113-27. L27. Analysis of Dactylic Poetry

Meter In Middle

High

German

Lyric

Chief investigator: Bruce A. Beatie, Assistant Professor of German and Comparative Literature, Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Uni versity of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80302. Objective: To determine norms and limits of variability of syllable-quality in relation to position in the dactylic verse, and to develop generalized computer programs capable of performing metrical analysis with little manual intervention. Scope: Concordance and metrical analysis of all surviving Middle High German dactylic verse. Method: Keypunch text; generate and print concordance; divide text (by machine) into syllables; flag accented syllables; classify syllables as to quality; generate metrical analysis for each line of verse, calculate averages, deviants, and frequencies of given syllable-types for each position in the metrical scheme (to be done for each poem, each poet, each identifiable group of poets, and for the entire corpus); calculate same for selected versepositions within the strophe; print the results of all analyses in tabular form. L59. D e v e l o p m e n t Automatically

of a Program

To

Phonemicize

English

Text

Chief investigator: George K. Monroe. Language and level: t'L/I (F). Current state of project: The segmentation and transcription of graphic suffixes was carried out on an m• 7070. The segmentation program has been rewritten in PL/I and is being tested. Future plans: To write a subroutine which will segment graphic prefixes, and then work on the transcription of all elements, including the stems. 74

L71. Greene-Chettle Authorship Project Chief investigator: Warren B. Austin, Professor, Dept. of English, Stephen F. Austin State College, Nacogdoches, Texas 75961. Is program available? Nearing completion. References: "Greene's Attack on Shakespeare: A Posthumous Hoax?" The Shakespeare Newsletter, September, 1966, pp. 29-30; "The Posthumous Greene Pamphlets: A Computerized Study," The Shakespeare Newsletter, November. December, 1966, p. 45.

L85. Concordance to the Gothic Bible Chief investigator: Felicien J. de Tollenaere, Editor, Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, Rapenburg 68, Leiden, Nederland. Scope: All extant Gothic Bible fragments and Skeireins. Method: 1. Text already on magnetic tape. 2. Visual and manual corrections. 3. Alphabetic sorting into word forms with context. 4. Lemmatisation. 5. Transfer to tape. 6. Print in tabular form. Type of computer: IBM 360/50. Size of storage: 256K. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 240 tapes; 2311 disks. Is program available? Not as yet. References: "Automatisering in de Lexicologie," Automatisering en Taalkunde (1961), pp. 24-34; "Automatisering in dienst van de taalkunde," Taalonderzoek in onze Ti]d (1962), pp. 83-112; "'La documentation lexicographique et ses besoins propres," Cahiers de Lexicologie, III (1962), 101-115; "Die Automatisierung in der Lexicologie," Beitriige zur Sprachkunde und In[ormationsverarbeitung, Heft I (1963); 33-44; "Nieuwe Wegen in de Lexicologie," Verhandelingen tier Kon. Ned. Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afd. Letterk., N.R., Deel LXX, No. 1 (1963) ; "Automationen i spr~tkvetenskapen, i synnerhet inom lexikologien,'" Nysvenska Studier, XLm (1963), 179-219; "Lexikographie mit Hilfe des elektronischen Informationswandlers," Zeitschrift fiir deutsche Sprache, xxI, Heft 1/2 (1966); "Litterae ex machlna--Taalkunde en Automatisering," Forum der Letteren (1966), 93-99.

L99. "Breakdown" Chief investigator: Nathan A. Greenberg, Associate Professor, Dept. of Classics, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio 44074. References: N. A. Greenberg, "Vergit and the Computer," Revue 1967/No. 1 (International Organization for Ancient Languages Analysis by Computer); "Scansion purement automatique de l'hexametre dactylique," to appear in Revue 1967/No. 3.

LI01. Computational Stylistics Chief investigator: Sally Y. Sedelow, Associate Professor, Dept. of English and Information Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Associates: Walter A. Sedelow, Jr., Joan Bardez, Bill Buttelmann, Bill Hickok, Terry Ruggles. Scope: Computer-aided analysis of literary style. Method: 1. Thematic Analysis Program (VIA: INDEX and SO~T are now operational in PL/I, SUFFIX is almost completed and THESAUR is in progress). 2. Graphic Display Program (MAPa~XT). 3. Statistical analysis of strings. Type of computer: IBM 360/40 and 75. Size of storage: Mod. 40, 262R; Mod. 75, 512K plus 2000K characters slow auxiliary core. Language and level: FORXRANn and TAC; PL/I. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 2311 disk, 4 2400 tapes. Is program available? VIA and MAPTEXT available in FORTRAN and TAC. VIA now partially available in PL/I.

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L107. Short Projects i n G r a m m a t i c a l A n a l y s i s of t h e B r o w n U n i versity S t a n d a r d C o r p u s of E d i t e d A m e r i c a n E n g l i s h Chief investigators: William Card and Virginia McDavid, Chicago State College, 6800 Stewart Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60621. Type of computer: lBM 1401. Size of storage: 16K. Is program available? We hope to borrow a program for a S-line concordance printout and begin analysis in January 1968.

Ll11. A Concordance to the Works of Rabelais Chief investigator: Jack E. G. Dixon, Assistant Professor, Dept. of French, University of Winnipeg, Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Associates: Lawrence G. Tesler, Richard Morgan. Scope: Complete index nominum and index verborum for each of the five books and the Oeuvres diverses to be done separately. Quotations will be included. Appendices of foreign words and frequency of occurrence of omitted words. Quotations accompanied by chapter and line refs. Method: Concordance to Gargantua completed by computer-generated concordance based on punctuation, print-out edited manually. Not yet in publishable form. The remainder to be pre-edited for complete computer-generation. Type of computer: Burroughs B5500. Language and level: BALCOL.

Ll14. An Index Verborum to the Works of Sallust Cancelled.

Ll18. Applied Linguistics Chief investigator: John A. Moyne, Manager, Dept. of Applied Linguistics, IBM Corporation, 545 Technology Square, Cambridge, Mass. 021S9. Associates: Morris Halle, David B. Loveman. Scope: A working computer system (ProtO-RELAI)ES) which allows users to communicate with a library in English. Method: A recognition grammar based on a transformational grammar of English. Type of computer: X B M 360/50. Size of storage: 256K plus 4000K extended memory. Language and level: PL/I and special languages developed for the project. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 4 tapes, 9 disks. Special equipment: mM 2260 display screens. Is program available? Yes, by arrangement with mM Corporation. References: yam and other publications will be supplied on request.

*L121. Index Verborum to Aulus Gellius Chief investigator: Charles W. Dunmore, Associate Professor, Dept. of Classics, University College, New York University, Bronx, N.Y. 10453. Associate: Jack Heller. Scope: Text (Tuebener) of Noctes Atticae. In addition to an index of words, there will be an alphabetical listing of all proper names found in the text, as well as a listing of titles of works found. Type oI computer: 360/50. Size of storage: 256K. Language and level: PL/I (F), No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 2 2311 disks. Is program available? Fall 1968.

*L122. Word-Indexes of the "Rolandslied" Fragments Chief investigator: Clifton D. Hall, Assistant Professor, Dept. of German, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52240. Associate: Roy Wisbe.y, who is furnishing a concordance of the principal Rolandslied manuscript (Wesle edition). 76

Scope: All of the fragments in the Wesle edition, plus Schilter's edition of MS A (1727). Method: 1. Keypunch one verse per card. 2. Sort according to alphabetical and numerical requirements (reverse indexes will be included). 3. Print in traditional word-index format. 4. Add diacritical marks and superscripts manually. Type of computer: mM 360165. Size of storage: 262K (512K as of November 1967). Language and level: COBOL(r). No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 4 2311 disks; 6 7-track tapes, 2 9-track tapes. Is program available? By September 1968.

*L123. A Computer Investigation in Stylometry with Reference to the Works of Xenophon Chief investigator: Norman Duncanson Thompson, St. Andrews University, 7 Havers Place, Hopeman, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland. Scope: To try and assess the chronological order of certain of Xenophon's works, and throw some light on disputed works. Method: Analysis of sentence length, word length, differential sentence length, differential word length, use of relative frequencies of thirty-sevcn common words including definite article, plus two stylistic features--hiatus and assonance. Above scheme completed and recorded in B. Phil. thesis at St. Andrews University, Scotland (1965). A statistical investigation on the authorship of the Marprelate Prelates (1589-90) is now in hand. Type of computer: Feranti Mercury (at London University); gvF 9 (at Glasgow University).

*L124. Metrical Analysis of Latin Hexameter by Computer Chief investigator: Wilhelm Ott, Wissenschaftl. Angestellter, University of Tflbingen, Schwalbenstrasse 7, 7405 Pf~iffingen, West Germany. Scope: I. To analyze all Latin dactylic poetry. 2. Programs for the analysis of other meters (the next being the Latin pentameter). On the basis of the text and the scansion, punched on 80-column cards (one line per card), statistics and complete documentation about the metrical characteristics are provided. The program is working. Parts of the works of Vergil, Horatius, and Claudian are analyzed. Type of computer: mM 7094 I. Size of storage: (core storage) 32g. Language and level: FORTraN tl, rAP. NO. and type of tapes and~or disks: 15 729 IV tapes, 1 1301 disk (single module). Is program available? Yes. References: Articles in No. 4 (1966) and 1 (1967) of the Revue of the International Organization for Ancient Languages Analysis by Computer, Liege, Belgium.

*L125. An Index to the "Stationers' Register" Chief investigators: Thomas Y. Remington, Assistant Professor, Chico State College, Chico, California; William P. Williams, Instructor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. Scope: To index all proper names and titles in the Eyre and Rivington volumes of the Stationers' Register, and, hopefully, to then form a similar index for the Arber volumes. Type of computer: mM 1620 I. Size of storage: 20K. Language and level: Assembly. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 1 1311 disk. Special equipment: "ms, TNF, NF, Automatic Divide. Is program available? When complete.

*L126. Computer-Based Research on Linguistic Universals Chief investigator: Paul L. Garvin, Dept. of Language Analysis and Translation, Bunker-Ramo. 8453 Fallbrook, Canoga Park, California 91304.

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Associates: R. M. Worthy, Gerhard Reitz. Scope: 1. Basic research in linguistic methodology. 2. Computer-experimentation, using an on-line system, in the simulation of informant work in linguistics. 3. Interpretation of the results with particular emphasis on insights gained by the use of different basic assumptions in experimentation. Type of computer: Bunker-Ramo 133 and B-R 90 display console. Size of storage: 16K. Language and level: Machine language. No. and type of tapes and/or disk: 2 tapes, 1 disk.

*L127. Applications of Computing Techniques in German Literature: the Dramatic Works of George Kaiser Chief investigator: Rex W. Last, Assistant Lecturer, Dept. of German, T h e University, Hull, Yorkshire, England. Associate: Raymond Eveleigh. Scope: Complete word-indexes to selected Kaiser dramas. Method: I. Punch text onto paper tape. 2. Sort alphabetically. 3. Post-edit. 4. Print in tabular form. Type of computer: Elliott 803 (at present). Size o/storage: 6K. Language and level: ^LnOL 60. Is program available? Alphabetic sorting program.

*L128. Methods and Programs for Linguistics Analysis Chief investigator: Dotte. Antonio Zampolli, Centro Studi IBM, Via S. Maria, 36, Pisa, Italy. Scope: Procedures for elaborating projects pertaining to input of several tens of millions of words and for writing relative utility programs. Method: Immediate purpose is carrying out numerous projects of the Institutes that utilize the computers of Centro Nazionale Universitario di Calcolo Elettronico di Pisa (Index thomisticus; Vocabolario storico giuridico italiano del CNR: Lessico Rosminiano; Lessico intellettuale europeo; Studio statistico deU'italiano moderno; Trascrizione automatica in al/abetico fonetico e statistiche /onologiche; Concordanze di Seneca; Analisi dei canti popolari italiani, ecc.). We have written and tested programs for concordances, for lemmatizing with computer dictionary, and for transcribing from historical to phonologic alphabet. Type of computer: IBM 1401; IBM 7090 del CNUCE di Pisa. Size of storage: IBM 1401: 16K; IBM 7090: 32K. Language and level: Autocoder IOCS, FORTRAN IV, mSYS V. 13. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: t5 tape unit Iv-vL Special equipment: mM 1405 printer of CNVCE is equipped, so far, with a special chain composed of 48 characters. Orders have been sent for other Chains of 120 characters. Is program

available? Yes. Reference: Antonio Zampolli, Studi di statistica linguistica sulla composizione fonologica e lessicale dell'italiano, Padova, 1960.

*L129. Lessico Intellettuale Europeo Chief investigator: Tullio Gregory, Professor, Istituto di Filosofia dell'Universith di Roma, Rome, Italy. Scope: Opere di grande importanza culturale. Method: Si vuole costituire un archivio di schede-contesto e concordanze a documentazione di parole rilevanti nella storia della cultura occidentale. In partieolare, verranno spogliati elettronicamente testi del latino scientifico dei secoli 17 e 18. La Direzione dell'Istituto ha deciso di seguire nella elaborazione dei testi i metodi e i programmi della Aceademia della Crusca. Dopo u n primo esperimento su un testo campiond, s i e deciso di iniziare la preedizione dei testi. Una prima opera (Aesthetica d i Baumgarten) ~ gi~ stata consegnata alla perforazione. Size of storage: Da stabilire.

~L130. Statistiehe Linguistiche dell'Italiano Chief investigators: Carlo Tagliavini, Lucio Croatto, Professors, Istituto di Glottologia e Fonetica de!,l'Universit~ di Padova, Padua, Italy.

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Scope: Testi letterari; dizionari bilingui; periodici e stampa quotidiana; conversazioni registrate; teste psicologici e audiometrici; ecc. Method: Si vogtiono stabilire le frequenze d'uso delle principali unita (lettere, fonemi, sillabe, parole, costrutti grammaticali, ecc.) costituenti la lingua italiana ai vari livelli strutturali (grafemico, fonologico, lessicale, morfemico, ecc.). Particolare riguardo sara riservato alla statistica dei componenti fonologici, per continuare la collaborazione tra gli istituti di glottologia, di foniatria e logopedia, e di elettronica dell'Universita di Padova (iniziata con la tesi del Dr. Antonio Zampolli, Statistiea fonologica e lessicale dell'italiano, Padova, 1960). 1~ in corso di studio l'organizzazione scientifica. Size of storage: Da stabilire; per ora si iniziera con 600,000 parole. *L131. Tradizioni

Popolari

Italiani

ChieJ investigators: Vittorio Santoli, A. M. Cirese, Professors, Universit~ di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. Scope: gaccolte di canti popolari italiani. Method: Per ora--Esiste una fondamentale raccolta di canti popolari (raccolta Barbi), all<) stato di manoscritti di difficile lettura. Si vogliono ottenere il rimario, l'incipitario, l'indice, liste di frequenzc, concordanze e schemi metrici. Probabilmente il materiale, u n a volta schedato, sara utilizzabile anche per stampare una edizione pi6 agevolmente diffondibile della raccolta stessa. Per il [uturo--Si prospetta l'cstensione del metodo alle altre raccolte di canti gih edite, con applicazioni di tipo documentalistico all'Enciclopedia della Tradizioni Popolari in corso di realizzazionc. 1~ in corso l'analisi delle procedure e l'organizzazione del lavoro e un esperimento preliminare. Size of storage: Per ora, previste 200,000 righe. Per il futuro, diversi milioni di righe. *L132. Antiehi Testi Sieiliani Chief investigator: Francesco Ugolini, Professor, Universit~ di Perugia, Perugia, Italy. Scope: Documenti siciliani delle origini in via di edizione. Method: Si vogliono stampare indici di frequenza e concordanze. 1~ stato caricato su nastro e contrallato l'intero testo. Size of storage: 20,000 righe. *L133. Coneordanza

delle Opere

di Andrea

Gide

Chief investigator: Carlo Bo, Professor, Universifft di Urbino, Urbino, Italy. Scope: Journal di A. Gide. Method: Sulla base delte frequenze e delle concordanze, si vuole studiare l'evoluzione del pensiero religioso di Gide, attraverso l'evoluzione della sua terminologia. Sono state eseguite la preedizione, la perforazione, il carico a nastro, e i l controllo a lettura del testo. Size of storage: 500,000 parole. *L134. Lexieal Analysis by Computer of Works and Documents of the Italian Language Chief investigator: Aldo Duro, Professor, Staff Manager of the Historical Dietionary of the Italian Language, Accademia della Crusca, Piazza dei Giudici 1, Florence, Italy. Associate: Dr. Antonio Zampolli. Scope: A general historical reference file of Italian language, consisting of about I00 million samples printed a n d / o r punched on cards. T o provide material for editing a Treasury of the Italian Language of the Origins, as well as editing the Historical Dictionary of the Italian Language. Method: Punched cards: one word per occurrence, abstract sentences limited to 10 lines: main entry word, run-on entry, inflected form, reference and dating in print; lemma, text code n u m b e r and dating punched. Besides providing context cards, concordances, word frequency lists and magnetic tape, records will be available to scholars for further research. We are planning to punch and analyze by computer no less than 1000 texts, mainly of the early part of Italian language (i.e., xntth and xlvth centuries). 79

Type o/computer: IBM 1401; mM 7090. Future plan: private hiring of an mM 360/30 computer. Size of storage: IBM 1401: 16g; mM 7090: 32K. Language and level: Autocoder locs, FORTRAN IV, mSYS V. 13. No. and type o/tapes and~or disks: 15 729 iv, v, vl tapes. Special equipment: Special character chain, i n the future we shall operate on a special 120-character chain including diacritic marks, etc. Is program available: Yes. Re/erences: Aldo Duro, "Les nouvelles methods du dictionnaire historique de la langue italienne," Cahiers de lexicologie, vm (1966), 1, Paris, Didier-Larousse; "La rinnovata attivita lessicografica dell'Accademia della Crusca," Studi di Fiologia italiana, xxxv (1966), Firenze, Sansoni.

~L135. Concordances of the Complete Works of Nathaniel Haw-

thorne, based on the Centenary Hawthorne Co.lnvestigators: James J. Owen, Assistant Professor, J o h n R. Byers, Jr., Associate Professor, Dept. of English, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061. Associates: Whitney L. Johnson, Dorothy H. Hobbis. Scope: T o publish Hawthorne concordances from the reproduction of each of the volumes of the Centenary Hawthorne, listing the complete line in which each word is found and preserving on tape all stylistic devices such as punctuation and capitalization. Method: 1. Keypunch. 2. Transfer to tapes. 3. Sort by selective categories. 4. Print in tabular form. 5. Additional refinements. Type of computer: mM 7040/1401. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: FORTP,A,X IV and MAP. No. and type of tapes and~or discs: 3 729 tapes and 1 1301 disk file. Is program available? Will be by early 1958.

~L136. Analysis of Samuel Beekett's 'TIow It Is" Chief investigator: Howard M. Harper, Jr., Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, University of North Carolina, 314 Bingham Hall, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514. Associates: Hal Fredrickson, Peggy Goldstein, Barbara Snyder, William Hanson. Scope: Analysis of the text of How It Is. Method: 1. Keypunch the text. 2. Derive and p r i n t KWXe word index (concordance). Type of computer: mM 360/40. Size of storage: 256K. Language and level: FORTRAN (E) and Assembler. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 3 2311 disks, 4 tapes. Is program available? Not at the present time.

~137. Concordances of the Complete Works of Stephen Crane, based on the forthcoming Crane volumes of the American Authors Series Co-lnvestigators: John R. Byers, Jr., Associate Professor, James J. Owen, Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061. Associates: Whitney L. Johnson, Dorothy H. Hobbis. Scope: To publish Crane concordances from the reproduction of each of the forthcoming Crane volumes of the American Authors Series, listing the complete line in which each word is found and preserving on tape all stylistic devices such as punctuation and capitalization. Method: 1. Keypunch. 2. Transfer to tapes. 3. Sort by selective categories. 4. Print in tabular form. 5. Additional refinements. Type of computer: IBM 7040/1401. Size of storage: 32g. Language and level: Foga'g.~N IV and MAP. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 3 729 tapes and 1 1301 disk. Is program available? Will be by late 1968.

*L138. Literary Computing Chief investigator: George Whalley, Professor, Dept. of English, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Scope: A comprehcnsive system for the scholarly editing of literary texts,

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with a view to extending the heuristic possibilities of the computer in literary scholarship, criticism, and composition. Type of computer: IBM 3~0/40. Size of storage: 128K. No. and types of tapes and/or disks: 3 9-track tapes, 1 7-track tape; 2311 and 2314 disks on order. Language.and level: PL/I and Assembler planned. Current State of Project: The pro, gram ~s m an elementary state on the 1620 but there are plans to re-write for an IBM 360. The redesign of the files has begun, but as the program is written for the 360, new sections will be added to incorporate processes which could not be accommodated by 1620 facilities. The initial stages of work will eventually become part of a complex of programmes to process and display literary data. Is program available? A 1620 60K program available; 1 disk drive and on-line printer required. References: Computer Society of Canada Quarterly Bulletin for June 1967; Proceedings of SHAPE xxvnl (forthcoming); New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, entry for S. T. Coleridge (forthcoming).

*L139. A Linguistic Analysis of Selected John Donne Sermons Chief investigator: Paul W. Mockovak, Dept. of English, State University Agricultural and Technical Institute, Morrisville, New York 13408. Scope: A syntactic and morphological study of six Donne sermons spread uniformly throughout Donne's sixteen-year preaching career, a sample of approximately 45,000 words. Method: Incipient and formative. This will be a Syracuse University Ph.D. dissertation. Type of computer: 1401. Size of storage: lfK. Language and level: FORTRAN and Autocoder.

*L140. Linguistic and Stylistic Analysis of the Fragments of Lucilius Chief investigator: Adriano Pennacini, Assistant in Latin Literature, Facolt~t di Lettere, Universit~t di Torino, via Carlo Alberto 10, Torino, Italy. Scofle: All Fragments. Method: 1. Analysis by grammatical and syntactic categories. 2. Analysis by lexical components of the vocabulary. 3. Statistical elaboration of results. Automatic Analysis by Laboratoire d'Analyse statistique des Langues anciennes, Liege, Belgium. Type of computer: IBM 1620. Size of storage: 20K. Language and level: sPs. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 2 1311 disks. Is program available? Will be by summer 1969. References: 'Doctie crassi nella poetica di Lucilio', ,4tti della Accademia deUe Scienze dl Torino, C (1965-66), 293-360.

*L141. Textual Criticism Chief investigator: Jacques Froger (~.l~ve dipl6m~ de l'#.cole des Hautes Rtudes, Section historique and philogique, Sorbonne), Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes, 72-SabM, France. Scope: Any literary (or even musical) texts. Method: 1. Collection of the MSS. 2. Research of their genealogical relations. 3. In normal cases draw the genealogical tree. 4. In abnormal circumstances find their relations of propinquity. 5. Restore the original text. Is program available? Not yet. T o be remade for modern computers. References: "Emploi de la machine ~lectronique clans les &udes m~di6vales,"

Bulletin de la socidtd internationale pour l'dtude de la philosophic m~didvale,

III (1961), 177-i88 (Louvain). " T h e Electronic Machine at the Service of Humanistic Studies," Diogenes, LII (1965), 104-142. "La collation des manuscrits h la machine 61ectronique," Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes, Bulletin No. 13 (1964-5), 135-171, "La critique des textes et son automatisation," in Initiation aux nouveautds de la science (November 1967, Paris, Dunod).

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*L142. Indexed Catalogs of Strophic Forms in Medieval Lyric Poetry Chic/investigator: Bruce A. Beatie, Assistant Professor of German and Comparative Literature, Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80302. Associate: Rudolf Hirschmann. Objective: T o provide a reliable tool for the study of formal traditions within Medieval lyric, in the form of thoroughly indexed catalogs of strophic forms of each substantial body of such lyric poetry. Scope: Initially, the forms in the Carmina Burana and in Deutsche Liederdichter des 13. ]ahrhunderts (ed. Carl von Kraus) ; later, other bodies of lyric poetry. Method: Strophic schemata will be generated using programs developed for an earlier project (CHum, L 27) ; they will be ordered and printed out as a catalog, with supplementary indices to rhyme-schemes, verse-types. Type of computer: cac 6400. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: FOgTgAN IV. IS program available? Some by Fall 1968; others later. References: Bruce A. Beatie, "Strophic Form in Medieval Lyric: A FormalComparative Study of the German Strophes of the Carmina Burana," unpub. diss., Harvard University, 1967.

"143. Stylistic Analysis of "Letter from a Virginian" to the Members of Congress to be held at Philadelphia, Sept. 1774: a Problem in Disputed Authorship Chief investigator: Anne Y. Zimmer, Assistant Professor, Dept. of History, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich. 48202. Scope: Comparison of the disputed document (credited by L. of C. to J o n a t h a n Boucher) with two other documents actually written by J o n a t h a n Boucher in the same year and on the same subject; also with a third document known to be written by Samuel Seabury at the same time, on the same subject. Method: Utilizing the KWm program, functional words are being checked for correlation, or lack of it. I n addition, initial connectives, coordinate conjunctions, subordinate conjunctions, and sentence connectors are being analyzed. Three word sequences will be checked. Type of computer: IBM 1460. Size of storage: 800 words. Language and level: Autocoder. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 4 tapes. Is program available? Yes.

*L144. Documentation Litte'raire Mgdidvale Chief investigator: Edith Brayer, Adjointe au Directeur de I'I.R.H.T. (CNRS Paris), Centre de Recherches et d'Applications linguistiques, Facult6 des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines de l'Universit6 de Nancy, 54-Nancy, France. Associates: Francoise Ferrand, Madame Steunou. Scope: 1. g6pertoire g6ndral sur cartes perfordes des manuscrits ant6rieurs au xvie s. en latin, arabe, hfbreu, grec, francais, provencal, et espagnol d'apr~s la documentation de I'I.R.H.T. h Paris. 2. Inventaires des po6sies palinodiques fran~aises et des chansons castillanes. Is program available? Non.

*L145. Stylistic Analysis of the Poetry of E. E. Cummings Chief investigator: Irene R. Fairley (PhJ). candidate, Dept. of Linguistics, Harvard University), 16 Linden St., Great Neck, N.Y. 11021. Associates: Susumu Juno, Carol Smith. Scope: Three-line i n p u t (text, syntactic analysis, deviance indicator), and concordance on the three lines three-dimensionally. Method: I. Map out charts for the three-line inptat. 2. Keypunch two sets of cards for a partial and whole analysis. 3. Concord partials and wholes for lines 2 and 3, and three-dimensional subsort for key items. Trial runs successful; projected sample r u n with 20 poems. Type of computer: mM 7094. Language and level: FORTRAN IV. IS program available? Original TRICON program available in Concordances from Computers, S. M. Lamb and L. Gould, University of California, Berkeley, 1964.

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*L146. Traitement automatique des textes medievaux non-litt&aires Chief investigators: Jean Schneider, Professeur, et Lucie Fossier, Ing6nieur, C.N.R.S., Centre de Recherches et d'Applications linguistiques, Facult~ des Lettres et des Sciences H u m a i n e s de l'Universit~ de Nancy, 54-Nancy, France. Scope: Analyse des chartes orginales ant~rieures au xtie si~cle conservfies en France. Method: 1. Transcription diplomatique des documents. 2. Codage d'616ments pal6ographiques, documentaires, et linguistiques. 3. Perforation sur cartes. 4. Enregistrement sur bandes. 5. Traitements divers. 6. Impression d'index et de r~sultats sur listings. Type of computer: IBM 1401 et 7044. Size of storage: 16K. Language and level: COBOL. Is program available? Non.

*L147. Generelle Untersuchungen zur Ventris'sehen Entzifferung von Linear B und Analysen zu speziellen Problemen der in diesen Texten ausserhalb von Zeiehengruppen stehenden Zeichen Chief investigators: Dr. habil. Geiss and Dr. Mater, Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Leipziger Strasse 3-4, 108 Berlin, DDR. Scope: Linear-B-Inschriften aus Knossos, Pylos and Mykenai. Type of computer: Lochstreifen- u n d Lochkartenmaschinen der Firmen SOEMTRON (DDR) u n d BULL (Frankreich) mit speziellen Umbauten und Programmen.

*L148. Construction of an Algorithm for Stem Recognition of the Hebrew Language Chief investigator: Rabbi Grainom Lazewnik, Doctoral Candidate, Institute of Hebraic and Near Eastern Studies, New York University, New York, N. Y. 10003. Associates: Abraham Katsh, Jack Heller. Scope: Approximately 15,000 words from the Eben Shoshan Dictionary and Dr. Barkoli's Table of Verbs. Method: Programs in PL/I are being used to produce the root-stem break-up and display in Hebrew graphics. Type o] computer: 360/30. Size of storage: 45K. Language and level: PL/I (F) . No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 2 23" disk drives. Special equipment: Hebrew Selectrie typewriter ball. Is program available? Yes.

*L149. A Concordance to Pindar Chief investigator: Hans A. Pohlsander, Associate Professor, Dept. of Classics, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York 12203. Scope: All the extant works of Pindar, including the fragments. Method: Each entry in the proposed concordance is entered on an IBM punch card. A code system provides for alphabetical and grammatical sequencing.

*L150. Semiautomatic Grammatical Analysis of Dialectal Spoken English Chief investigator: W. Nelson Francis, Professor, Dept. of Linguistics, Brown University, Providence, R. I., Box E, 02912. Associates: Robert H. Meskill, Beryl Dwight, Ardelle F. Griffin, Robert Ladd, Gerald R u b i n (Consultant: Henry Ku~era). Scope: About 800,000 words of spoken conversational English from Negro speakers in the Deep South. Method: I. Transcribe aural tapes in standard orthography. 2. Keypunch. 3. Transfer to tape. 4. Prepare alphabetical word-list. 5. Assign grammatical tags and generate analysis line parallel to text. 6. Correct analysis line on scope. 7. Bracket certain types of constructions. 8. Correct bracketing. 9. Retrieve information on frequency and type of constructions.

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Type of computer: mM 360/50. Size of storage: 256K. Language and level: P~./I and Assembler. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 5 tapes; 4 2311 disks. Special equipment: 1 2250 display screen. Is program available? Not now; perhaps later.

*L151. Homer Chief investigator: Rev. Andrew Q. Morton, Production Manager, The Abbey Manse, Culross, Fife, Scotland. Associates: John Chadwick, W. B. Stanford, A. J. Beattie, W. C. Wake, M. Levison, R. Edwards. Scope: To provide basic information about Greek verse comparable to what is known about prose, to teach computer techniques to students of Homer, to make a contribution to two problems connected with the text, Method: A series of studies: vocabulary, common words, ranking of words, forward and reverse indices, metrical analysis, vowel sequences, participle sequences, article sequences, sentence structure, etc. Type of computer: Atlas. Size of storage: 20M words. Language and level: Machine language and ALGOL. Paper tape input of text, magnetic tape for use. Is program available? Yes, apply Dr. M. Levison, Dept. of Computer Science, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London W. C. 1, England.

"L152. Chinese-English Machine Translation Chief investigator: David T. Chai, Member of Technical Staff, Dept. of Data Sciences, Bunker-Ramo Corporation, 8433 Fallbrook Ave., Canoga Park, California 91304. Associates: Constance Hwang, Milton Worthy. Scope: Research on linguistic analysis of the Chinese and English languages for machine translation. Method: Select corpus of Chinese sentences, analyze these for their syntactic structure, construct dictionary containing all lexical entries, construct grammar rules for analyzing Chinese sentences, construct rules for transferring syntactic structure, construct English generation rules, and write computer programs for testing translations. T y p e of computer: m ~ 7094. Size of storage: 32x. Language and level: SNOSOL 3. Is program available? Yes. References: Current Research and Development in Scientific Documentation, No, 14, National Science Foundation, pp. 164-165.

eLlS3. Traitement Automatique des Textes d'Ancien-Franeals Chief investigator: Helene Na'/s, Professeur, Centre de Recherches et d'Applications linguistiques, Facult~ des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines d e L'Universit6 de Nancy, 54-Nancy, France. Associates: Koberte Tomassone, Simone Monsonego, Madeleine H~nin, Odile Derniame. Scope: Analyse linguistique de textes historiques et po~tiques en trangais du xme au xvle sircle. Method: I. Transcription diplomatique des manuscrlts. 2. Codage d'61tments palc~ographiques et grammaticaux, 3. Perforation sur cartes. 4. Enregistrement sur bandes. 5. Traitement linguistique. 6. Impression d'index et de resultats sur listings. Type of computer: mM 1401 et 7044. Size of storage: 16K. Language and level: COBOL. IS program available? Non.

~L154. Formalized Techniques in Machine Translation Chief investigator: Gary R. Martins, Principal Investigator (Senior Engineer), Dept. of Language Analysis and Translation, Bunker-Ramo Corporation, 7259 Jordan Ave., Canoga Park, Calif. 91303. Associate: Steven B. Smith. Scope: Design and implementation of a prototype machine translation system (Russian to English) based exclusively upon formalized linguistic techniques. Method: The B~AST system (Basic Experimental Automatic Syntactic

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Translator) parses Russian sentences using a vector-symbol phrase grammar; the resulting analyses are mapped, many-to-many rules, into analyses of equivalent English sentences; these latter analyses are then "unparsed" by an o u t p u t sentence generator employing a quinary cF grammar of English. Type of computer: BR-133 (^N/UYK-3). Size of storage: 16K. Language and level: Interpretive FORa"V.ANIX supplemented by machine language. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: Up to 4 BR-170 tapes, Up to 3 IeM 2311 disks. Is program available? Yes. References: "A Parsing Procedure for a Vector-Symbol Phrase Grammar of Russian," G. R. Martins and S. B. Smith, NsF-C372, Bunker-Ramo Corp., December 1965; four Contract Status Reports on Contract AF30 (602)-5770, Change A, issued 1 September 1966, 12 December 1966, 10 January 1967, and 1 February 1967; Bunker-Ramo Corp.; "~rAsr: T h e Basic Experimental Automatic Syntactic Translator," G. R. Martins and S. B. Smith, AF30 (602) -3770, Bunker-Ramo Corp., 1 July 1967, (in press).

aLl55. Sumerian Computer Concordance Chief investigator: Miguel Civil, Associate Professor, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 1155 East 58 St., Chicago, Ill. 60637. Scope: T o build a basic file (25,000-30,000 lines, with 15-20 morphemes per line) of Sumerian literary, texts to be used for a future "Sumerian Dictionary." Method: T h e monolingual texts are processed using the concordance program UNICON, and the bilingual texts (Sumerian Akkadian) by the program DISCON, both created by the Mechano Linguistics Project of the University of California, Berkeley.. Type of computer: ]B.~i 7094/7040. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: FAP, Assembler, FORTP.AN It I/O. NO. and type of tapes and~or disks: 12 729 vl tapes. Is program available? Yes.

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Voeabolario storico della lingua italiana Chief investigator: Prof. Aldo Duro, Accademia della Crusca, Piazza dei

Giudici, 1, Firenze, Italy. Scope and method: Testi e documenti di lingua dalle origini ai giorni nostri; italiano e (entro i limiti dei seeoli 13 e 14) dialetti. Sc6pe immcdiato del progetto ~ la costituzione di un grande archivio della lingua italiana (su nastro magnetico e in forma di schedario a schede contesto), il quale dovr~a fornire gli esempi di uso e la documentazione della storia delle parole ai redattori del Vocabolario Storico delia Lingua Italiana t h e il CNR ha affidato alla Accademia della Crusca. Current status: La prima fase del ciclo di elaborazioni previstc (perforazione e verifica, carico a nastro, controllo a lettura e correzioni, lista delle parole con frequenza, stampa delle concordanze, lemmatizzazione) ~ in corso ~ si svolge regolarmente ormai per 150 opere. AI momento attuale ~ allo studio l'impianto del Dizionario di macchina per la lemmatizzazione semiautomatica, la cui realizzazione dovrebbe essere presentata in autunno all'Accademia dei Lincei. Size of storage: I00 milioni di parole.

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Zauberberg Theme Analysis Chief investigator: Francis Bulhof, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Germanic

Languages, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712. Scope: Word Index of Thomas Mann's novel Der Zauberberg. Type of computer: Two computers involved: c_~c 6600, c~z 1700. Size of storage: cDc 6600:131,000; c ~ 1700: 16,000. Language and level: cDc 6600; rol~'raAN iv; cm:: 1700: Assembly Lang. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 2 6608 disks (376 million characters), 6 607 tapes, 1 1738 disk (6 million characters), 3 601

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tapes. Special equipment: qse 974, 6675 multiplexer, 301B data sets. Is program available? Program is available as negotiated. References: F. Bulhof, Transpersonalismus und Synchronizitiit, Wiederholung als Strukturelement in Thomas Mann's "Zauberberg," Groningen, 1966 (copies may be obtained directly from author).

*L158, Authorship Attribution to Rabelais' "Fifth Book." A Computer Aided Study. Chief investigator: Gerald J. Brault, Professor, Department of French, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa. 16802. Associate: Julie Burgoyne. Scope: Statistical and stylistic comparisons of random samples from the Fourth Book, Fifth Book, and other 16th century prose samples. Method: 1. Word frequency counts. 2. Syntactical measurements. Type of computer: mM 360/50. Language and level: ]PL/I. Is program available? No. Project just beginning.

"L159. Spogli Elettronici delrItaliano delle Origini e del Duecento (--SEIOD) Chief investigator: Mario L. Alinei, Professor, Italian Institute, University of Utrecht, L. Bolwerk 16, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Associates: S.V. Uitert, I. Zwaal, I. Feenstra. Scope: A lexical, morphological and syntactical inventory Of all Old Italian texts, from the Placito di Capua (a.960) to Dante's works. Method: More than 3 million words, analyzed in part with mark sensing methods, in part with automatic programmes. Type of computer: mM 1401. IS program available? Will be at the end of project. References: Dizionario Inverso Italiano, The Hague, 1962; Lessicografia italiana con l'ausilio di macchine all'Un, di Utrecht: Prime esperienze e prosper L tire (iv Cong. Ass. Intern. Studi di Lingua e Lett. Italiana, Magonza, 1962); Grammatical and Statistical Indexing of Italian Texts with the Help of Punched Card Machines at the Un. of Utrecht (Levende Talen N. 219); La lista di Irequenza della "'Dtvina Commedia" (Miscellanea Dantesca, Utrecht 1965); Spogli Elettronici dell'It, delle Or. e del Duecento, Vol. 1 (Introduzione), The Hague, 1967.

Music M5. Thematic Index of Sixteenth-Century Italian Music Chief investigator: Harry B. Lincoln, Professor, Dept. of Music, State University of New York, Binghamton, N. Y. 13901. References: "Musicology and the Computer: The Thematic Index," in Computers in Humanistic Research (ed. E. A. Bowles, Prentice-Halt, 1967), pp. 184193; "Some Criteria and Techniques for Developing Computerized Thematic Indices," in Elektronische Datenverarbeitung in der Musikwissenschaft (ed. H. Heckmann, Kassel, 1967), pp. 57-62; "The Frottole Repertory, A Pilot Study in Information Retrieval," paper read to American Musicological Society, New Orleans, La., December 1967.

M13. Structure of Atonal Music Chief investigator: Allen Forte, Professor of Music, Dept. of Humanities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Project MAC, 545 Technology Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139. Associate: Stephen Smoliar.

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Scope: Study of structure in atonal compositions. More general applications are foreseen. Method: The complete score is represented using the input language developed by S. Bauer-Mengelberg. An analytical reading program operates on this representation to provide output subsequently processed at higher analytical levels. Type of computer: IBM 7094. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: SNOBOL 3, LISt" 1.5, MAn (high level). No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 1301 disk. Is program available? Not at present. Re[erences: .4 Syntax Based Score Reading Program, Project MAC Technical Report TR-32, May, 1967.

*M25. Theories of Tonal Bass Harmonization Chief investigator: John Rothgeb, Dept. of Music, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Scope: Historical and contemporary theories (interpreted as procedures) for harmonizing unfigured basses are evaluated with respect to effectiveness, adequacy, and simplicity. A highly adequate theory is designed. Method: Rules of procedure are specified in terms of computable functions and predicates of symbolic expressions that represent bass lines. The harmonization processes studied are shown to be computable (or in some cases partially computable) functions of bass notes. Type of computer: IBM 7040-7094. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: SNOBOr. 3. IS program available? Not yet.

*M26. Music Simulation on the 1130 Computer Chief investigator: John E. H. Hancock, Associate Professor and Director, Computer Center, Reed College, 3203 S.E. Woodstock, Portland, Oregon 97202. ,4ssociate: Mark Roberts. Scope: Traditional classical music, pentatonic scales, electronic music. Method: Simulation of tempered scale notes by using various cycled instructions. Type oJ computer: IBM 1130. Size o[ storage: 8K. Language and level: 1130 Assembler, and FORTRAN.No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 1 disk for 1130. Is program available? Still undergoifig development.

*M27. Root Progression and Composer Identification ChieI investigator: Joseph E. Youngblood, Associate Professor, Dept. of Music Literature, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33124. Scope: First movement each of Hindemith, Clarinet Quintet, Op. 30; Bart6k, String Quartet No. 4; Sch6nberg, String Quartet No. 3; Hindemith, String Quartet No. 6. Method: 1. Code (in a modified' hARMS) and keypunch. 2. Extract roots (modified Hindemith) and calculate root progressions. 3. Calculate redundancy through three successive roots. 4. Calculate chi-square for various groupings. Type oI computer: mM 7040/1401. Size of storage: 7040: 32x. Language and level: FORTRANIV. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 10 729 tapes (6 rood 2, 4 rood 4). ls program available? Yes, for steps 2 and 3.

*M2S. FORTRAN Music Programs Involving Numerically Related Tones ChieJ investigator: Ian A. Morton, Educational Consultant, 1500 Goodrich Ave., St. Paul, Minnesota 55105. Associate: John Lofstedt. Scope: Tonal composition. Method: 1. Define tonal material numerically.

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2. Provide tonal and rhythm tables, and integrate them. 3. Translate tonal numerics to staff positions for four instruments. 4. Provide two initial musical

events. 5. Compose. Type o/ computer: mM 1130. Size of storage: 8g. Language and level: 11~0 FORTRAN.No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 1 disk for 1130. Is program available? No. Undergoing further development. References: "Numerical Orders in Triadic Harmony," Journal of Music Theory, November, 1960.

*M29. Computer Applications to Bdla Bart6k's Serbo-Croatian Material Chief investigator: Benjamin Suchoff, Curator, Bart6k Archives, 333 East 79 St., New York, N. Y. 10021. Scope: Continuation of pilot project commenced in 1966 at SUNY Binghamton: incipit interval sequence extraction program to yield lexicographical index of melodies and other data. Method: 1. Transmutation of incipits into FordColumbia language. 2. Keypunch. 3. Transfer to data bank (disk). 4. Extract incipit interval sequence as plus or minus integers. 5. Sort-merge: plus precedes minus and lesser precedes greater interval. 6. Identical strings are juxtaposed in single-space vertical format, 7. Print lexicographical index in tabular form. Language and level: IBM 360/40: FORTRANIV; IBM ~60/~0: PL/I. Type of computer: IBM 360/40; 360/30. Is program available? Yes. References: Benjamin Suehoff, "Computer Applications to Bart6k's SexboCroatian Material," Tempo (London), No. 80, Spring, 1967. B61a Bart6k, RumanJan Carols and Christmas Songs (Vol. IV of Rumanian Folk Music; edited by Benjamin Suchoff), Martinus Nijhoff, T h e Hague (in press); cf. Appendix: "Lexicographical Index [computer-derived] of Colinda Melodies." Idem, Tabulation of Serbo-Croatian Material (ed. Benjamin Suchoff), The New York Bart6k Archives (in press); d. Appendix: "Lexicographical Index [computer-derived] of Parry Melodies."

"M30. Improvisation and Music Theory of the Javanese Gamelan Chief investigator: Mantle Hood, Professor, Institute of Ethnomusicology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024. Associate: Fredric Lieberman. Scope: 1. Selected sample of 82 nuclear themes illustrating the various modes and forms, transcribed from traditional Javanese notations. 2. Selected sample of 38 improvisations on the gender, transcribed from performance tapes. Method: 1. Transcribe. 2. Keypunch. 3. Transfer to tapes. 4. Statistical analysis. 5. Information-theory analysis. 6. Pattern-search. Type of computer: mM 360/75. Size o/ storage: 512g. Language and level: PL/I (r). Special equipment: IBM 2260 display stations. Is program available? Not at present.

"M31. Faktorenanalytische Typenbes~immung an einstimmigen Volksmelodien Chief ir Reiner Kluge, wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Rechenzentrum beim II. Mathematischen Institut, Humboldt-Universit~t zu Berlin, 108 Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, D.D.R. Scope: 1 000 einstimmige Volksmelodien aus der Landschaft Altmark, in transkribierter Form (Sammlungen Parisius, Stockmann u.a.). Method: 1. Codieren. 2. Lochen auf zP.x-l-Lochkarten. 3. Auditive Kontrolle. 4. MelodieAnalyse (nach 150 Merkmalen). 5. Quantitative /~hnlichkeitsbestimmung. 6. Faktorenanalyse. 7. Typenbeschreibung. 8. Druck der Typen-Tabelle. Type of computer: ZRA I (ZF.LSS).Size of storage: 4K. Language and level:

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Z~A-l-Code. Special Equipment: Elektronische Orgel fiir auditive Kontrolle, Is program available? Ja. References: "Volksliedanalyse und -systematisierung mit Hilfe eines Rechenautomaten," Bericht tiber den Kongress der Ge.sellschaft [iir Musikforschung, Leipzig 19..66 (in Druck). "Zur automatischen quantitativcn Bestimmung musikalischer Ahnlichkeit," Bericht tiber den X. Kongress der I.M.S., Ljubljana 1967 (in Druck) .

Social Sciences $2. An Index of Travel and Communication in Classical Antiquity Chief investigator: Eugene N. Borza, Assistant Professor, Dept. of History, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802. Associate: Louis D. Einstein. Type of computer: IBM 360/67. Language and level: FOrTraN (H). NO. and type of tapes and~or disks: 2 2400 tapes q- 2311 disks. Is program available? Yes.

$16. Analysis of the Minoan Hieroglyphic Script Chief investigators: Richard S, Morgan, John J. Reich, Dept. of Classics, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg 19, Manitoba, Canada. Scope: All Minoan hieroglyphic inscriptions to be examined (seal stones, sealings and graffiti). Method: 1. Details of inscriptions punched onto cards. 2. Print-out of corpus and transfer to magnetic tape. 3. Sort and list symbols, proveniences, materials, colours. 4. Formulae involving two or more symbols listed and correlated. Type of computer: mM 360/65. Size of storage: 256K. Language and level: Assembler (DOSconverting to o s - - level r). No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 2 2400 tapes. Is program available? Not yet. Corpus of Scripta Minoa I, Kenna's Cretan Seals, Giamalakin and Chapouthier (Mallia) now assembled. References: Mention of this project in Calculi, 5, March 1967 and Nestor, 457, April 1967. Also in: "The Role of the Naturalistic Signs in the Minoan Hieroglyphic Script" by John J. Reich, to be presented before the 1st Inter: national Congress of Mycenology and published in Atti e Memorie del 1 Congresso Internazionale di Micenologia, Roma, 1967.

$33. Methodology of Cross-Societal Analysis Chief investigator: Jack Sawyer, Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychology and Sociology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60201. Associate: Robert A. LeVine Scope and method: This research will explore measurement problems involving the selection of variables and of units of analysis; analytic problems like testing models of evolutionary development, and separating the effects of historical diffusion and independent invention; and problems of establishing generality through replication and through comparison of cross-national and cross-societal analyses. Type of computer: c~c 6400. Size of storage: 65,536 60-bit words in central memory. Language and level: FORTRANand COMPASS. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 85 million character magnetic disk storage. References: "Dimensions of Nations: Size, Wealth, and Politics," American Journal of Sociology, September, 1967.

*$38. Analytical and Simulation Models for Explaining Judicial Decision-Making Chief investigator: Werner F. Grunbaum, Professor, Dept. of Political

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Science, University of Missouri at St. Louis, Louis, Missouri 63121. Scope: Sampling distributions estimated the for a series of Supreme Court cases. Method: random number generators specifying the probabilities. Type o] computer: mM 7094. Language and Yes.

8001 Natural Bridge Road, St. expected frequency of agreement Computer simulation using two conditional and independem

level: MAI~.IS program available?

*$39. Computer Aids to ttistorieal Lexicography Chic[ investigator: Richard W. Bailey, Assistant Professor, Dept. of English Language and Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Associates: John Reidy, Jay L. Robinson, William Ingrain. Scope: A variety of pilot studies are now underway to investigate: 1) the manipulation of large files of linguistic material, and 2) techniques to facilitate interaction between the stored material and the lexicographer. Type of computer: I ~ 360/67. Language and level: I,L/I.

*S40. Computer Analysis of Chronological Change in Areheologieal Data Joint investigators: Frank Hole, Associate Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77001; Mary Shaw, Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Computer Science, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa, 15213. Scope: To evaluate the theory for understanding systematic artifact change, to compare previously proposed techniques for deducing chronology, and to develop an improved technique. Method: The proportion of each of the artifact types in a site characterizes that site. The chronology for a group of sites is derived by ordering them in such a way that the more similar two sites are, the closer they are placed in time. Type of computer: c ~ G-21 (dual-processor G-20). Size of storage: 32K words per processor. Language and level: ALGOL. NO. and type of tapes a n d / ~ disks: None required', except for convenience. Special equipment: None required, except for convenience. Is program available? Yes. The program also runs on the Rice University Computer, but we prefer to distribute the G-21 version. Re[erences: "Computer Analysis of Chronological Seriatlon", Rice University Studies, LIII, 3 (Summer 1967).

*$41. Lessieo Rosminiano Chic[ investigator: Michele Federico Sciacca, Professor, Instituto di Filosofia dell'Universith di Genova, Genoa, Italy. Scope: Opera Omnia di A. Rosmini. Method: Si procederh ottenendo clapprima una lista di tutte le parole con le relative frequenze. I ricercatori sceglieranno in base a questa lista le parole rilevanti delle quali quali desiderano una elaborazione ulteriore, fino alle concordanze e alle schede-contesto. La Direzione dell'Istituto has deciso di seguire nella elaborazione dei testi i metodi e i programmi dell'Accademia della Crusca. ~ in corso lat preedizione e la perforazione dei primi testi. Size ot storage: 5 milioni di parole.

*$42. Voeabolario Giuridieo Italiano Chief investigator: Piero Fiorelli, Professor, c/o Centro Studi raM, Via S. Maria, 36, Pisa, Italy. Scope: Codici, testi legislativi e dottrinali di diritto. Method: Si vogliono

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ottenere concordanze e schede-contesto per la compilazione di u n vocabolario storico della lingua giuridica italiana e, in linea subordinata, per la costituzione di u n archivio di documentazione giuridica. Si 6 deciso di seguire 1o stesso metodo messo a p u n t o per l'Accademia della Crusca. Si svolge regolarmente il ciclo di perforazione-controllo lemmatizzazione. Size of storage: Da stabilire.

*$43. Index Thomistieus Chief investigator: P. Roberto Busa, S.J., Istituto di Filosofia dell 'Aloisianum di Gallarate (Varese), Italy. Scope: a) Opera Omnia di S. Tommaso d'Aquino; h) Diverse opere di autori commentati da S. Tommaso (Bibbia, Aristotile, ecc.); c) Dizionari Latini (;Forcellini: Lexicon totius latinitatis, Thesaurus Linguae Latinae). Method: Ci si propone di fornire, con concordanze e con indici estremamente elaborati, uno strumento di ricerca e di approfondimento delle opere e del pensiero di S. Tommaso d'Aquino. L' Istituto h a anche in corso o h a gi~t portato a termine altri progetti in lingue diverse: aramaico, ebraico, nabateo dei rotoli di Qumran, tedesco per opere di Kant e Goethe, ecc. Sono in corso i controlli dei dati approntati per le operazioni finali di stampa. Size of storage: 2 milioni di righe.

*S44. A Computer Analysis of Chronologies in Genesis Chief investigator: David E. Y. Sarna, Dept. of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02164. Scope: T h e 64 different ages/numbers in Genesis. Method: List and keypunch original data. 2. Sort by various factorization methods. 3. Print out tabular form factors a n d keyed explanation. 4. H a n d inspection for factors forming pattern. Type ol computer: Honeywell 1800. Language and level: MAC. Is program available? W i t h difficulty, to interested users. References: Proceedings of the ACM, XXII, 301-309.

*$45. Swedish Voluntary Movements 1850-1950 Chief investigators: Carl Goeran Andrae and Sven Lundkvist, Docents, Dept. of History, Uppsala University, Kungsangsgatan 19, Uppsala, Sweden. Associate: Ulla Hedquist. Scope: Material processed by rsM 551 data sheets: a) Membership of 20,000 local unions and associations 1850-1950; b) Personal information of the inhabitants of three towns 1886, 1890, 1896 and 1902 in census, assessment registers, electoral registers, and union lists of members; c) Newspaper announcements concerning the activities of the movements 1875-1900. Method: 1. Ecological analyses of the voluntary movements by material a and b. 2. Structural analyses of some towns specially considering the members of voluntary movements by material b. 3. Functional analyses of the activities of the movements by material c. Type of computer: cr~3600. Size of storage: 32K. Language and level: 3600 ~ORa'~N. No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 2 c~'603 and 4 c ~ 6 0 4 tapes; 2 ca~861 drums. Special equipment: IBM optical reader. Is program available? No.

*$46. The Income and Outgo from the Treasury of the Viceroyalty of Peru (caja de Lima), 1531-1821 Chie] investigator: John J. TePaske, Associate Professor, Dept. of History, Duke

University, 6727

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Station,

Durham,

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Associates: David Hutchins, Carole Shiplevy. Scope: T h e accounts for caja de Lima from the time of the conquest to

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1821. Method: 1. Transcribe original accounts. 2. Punch card for each entry. 3. Print out lodgers for each year or accounting years. 4. Print out line graphs for the most significant entrie~ both income and outgo. Type of computer: IBM 360. Language and level: S C A ~ and FORTRAN. IS program available? No.

0S47. Rose Bibliography Chief investigator: Clarence C. Mondale0 Associate Professor of American Literature, Dept. of English, Tile George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20006. Associates: Wilford P. Cole, Richard P. Krafsur, James Lyom, Paul Douglas. Scope: Indexing and bibliographic retrieval system in American social, economic, and political thought, 1865-1915. Method: 1. Record bibliographic citation data from books, magazine articles, etc. 2. Index text according to a thesaurus of terms. Keypunch and input data to system tapes. 3. Print cumulative index to entire file. 4. Search tape files for specific search requests. Type of computer: IBM 360/40. Size of storage: 128K. Language and level: Assembly. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 4 2311 disks; 4 2400 tapes. Is program available? No.

*$48. An Historical Case Study of the Effect of Educational Reform o n a n U n d e r d e v e l o p e d A r e a : S c o t l a n d in t h e E i g h t e e n t h Century

Chief investigator: Vern L. Bullough, Professor, Dept. of History, San Fernando Valley State College, Northridge, California 91326. Scope: Distinguished Scotsmen as determined by listing in the Dictionary of National Biography and other sources dealing with accomplishments in the eighteenth century. Method: Analyses of biographical data by means of computer technology. This includes obtaining detailed biographical data, coding for significant variables. The most important independent variable is educational practice with the dependent variable being creativity and eminence of the subjects. Type of computer: Gat. 225. Size of storage: 8K. Language and level: Type operation system. No. and type of tapes and/or disks: 4 tapes.

*$49. Comparative Elites Data Facility Chief investigator: David Nasatir, Assistant Professor, Institute for International Studies, University of California, 2538 Channing Way, Berkeley, California 94720. Associates: David Apter, Robert A. Scalapino, Leo Rose, B. Jhoshi, Margeret Fisher, Joan Bondurant. Scope: Gathering selected biographical materials on communist elites in Korea, Viet Nam, and China; technocratic elites in Argentina, Chile, Peru: legislative elites in India and Pakistan; royalty in Nepal. Method: Using a form specially developed for the project, research assistants gather available data on selected individuals from all available sources. Materials are keypunched and stored on tape for retrieval and analysis. Type of computer: IBM 3~0/40. Language and level: FORTRAN IV G. IS program available? Yes.

Visual Arts Vl. Line Drawing Manipulation by Computer

Chief investigator: Leslie Mezei, Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto 5, Ontario, Canada. Current state of project: Over 100 routines exist now.

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V2. Computer Art Chief investigator: Charles A. Csuri, Professor, School of Art, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210. Associate: James P. Shalter. Scope: We have produced several hundred pictures by computer. Our current projects are computer-animated films and computer sculpture with a numerically Controlled milling machine. Method: A h'ee-hand drawing is placed into the memory of the computer and becomes the data deck. Mathematical transformations are made on this data and new images are produced by the computer. The same concept is used for drawings, movies, and sculpture. Type of computer: IBM 7094. Size Of storage: 32K. Language and level: SCATRAN (a FORTRAN-like language). No. and type of tapes and~or disks: 16 729 xv tapes. Special equipment: Ca~LCOMp563 plotter. Is program available? Not at this time, must be translated.

"V4. Catalogo della Ceramica Greea Chief investigator: P. E. Arias, Isdtuto di Archeologia dell'Universit~ di Pisa, Pisa, Italy. Scope: Catalogo della ceramica greca del Beazley (D. Beazley, Attic RedFigure Vase Painters, Oxford). Method: Ci si propane di correlate statisticamente le diverse informazioni fornite per ciascun oggetto e di create uno schedario della ceramica greca, che verr~ aggiornato regolarmente. 1~ allo studio l'organizzazione del lavoro. Size of storage: Circa 200,000 righe.

See also V4. ~ Masehinelle Dokurnentation pr/ihistorischer Keramik Chief investigator: Cornelius Ankel, Dr. phil., Institut fiir Vor- und Friihgeschichte, Universit/it Bonn, 53 Bonn, Liebfrauenweg 7, Germany; Roll Gundlach, Dr. phil., Deutsches Rechenzentrum, fil Darmstadt, Rheiustrasse 75, Germany. Scope: Gef,~sse und Scherbcn pr2~aistorischer Zeitstellung. Method: Details dutch Dr. Gundlach, Darmstadt. Language and level: Am>OC.IS program available? In Vorbereitung 0968/69). References: "Maschinelle Dokumentation priihistorischer Keramik," Umschau in Wissenschaft und Technik, III (1967), 90. "Zur Dokumentation und Auswertung vorgeschichtlicher Keramik," Keramische Zeitsehrift 19. Jg. Nr. 4 (1967), 221 ft. R. Gundlach, '~ A SDtem of Information Storage and Retrieval in Archaeology," Manuskript, Deutsches Rechenzentrum Darmstadt.

"V6. A Hardware Independent Computer Drawing System: The Quick-Draw Graphics System Chief investigator: Jeffrey F. Rasldn, Dept. of Music and Computation Center, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802. Scope: A generalized computer graphics software system designed originally to facilitate work in music typography. (However, it is being used at the Pennsylvania State Computation Center for all types of graphics.) Method: A list structure is used to build hierarchically structured pictures which can be manipulated in a wide variety of ways. Any geometrical pattern can be used as a picture element. The symbols used in music typography are available separately from the author. Type of computer: IBM 3~0/50, IBM 360/67. Size Of storage: 256K capacity (much less needed). Language and level: FORTnAN IV, (G, n). NO. and type of tapes and~or disks: For FORTRANcompilers. Special equipment: CALCOMPplotter (will be available for printer and 2250 CRT). IS program available? Yes.

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