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A command structure for complex information processing

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J. C. Shaw,

A. Newell,

H. A. Simon,

T. O. EllisAuthors Info & Claims

IRE-ACM-AIEE '58 (Western): Proceedings of the May 6-8, 1958, western joint computer conference: contrasts in computers

Pages 119 - 128

https://doi.org/10.1145/1457769.1457803

Published: 06 May 1958 Publication History

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The general purpose digital computer, by virtue of its large capacity and general-purpose nature, has opened the possibility of research, into the nature of complex mechanisms per se. The challenge is obvious: humans carry out information processing of a complexity that is truly baffling. Given the urge to understand either how humans do it, or alternatively, what kinds of mechanisms might accomplish the same tasks, the computer is turned to as a basic research tool. The varieties of complex information processing will be understood when they can be synthesized: when mechanisms can be created that perform the same processes.

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IRE-ACM-AIEE '58 (Western): Proceedings of the May 6-8, 1958, western joint computer conference: contrasts in computers

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ISBN:9781450378642

DOI:10.1145/1457769

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