Computing and mathematics in society
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The Panel will address selected areas of current interest where computing and mathematics have been successfully applied to societal problems. Those societal fields which have been chosen are biological systems, sociology, energy, and urban emergency services. Although interrelated each area has quite different characteristics. In biology we examine long term evolutionary phenomena; in sociology we review through the techniques of simulation and surveys those human relations which are of concern day by day, month by month, and year by year; in energy we discuss problems both short and long range having to do with basic sources and distribution; and in emergency urban services we address very immediate activity related to what happens when that fire alarm box is pulled down the street. In these four areas the Panel will present examples of noteworthy past successes and conjectures as to where future progress very likely will be made.
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May 1974
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ISBN:9781450379205
DOI:10.1145/1500175
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Published: 06 May 1974
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