1989 Charleston Conference

Proceedings of the 1989 Winter . Simulation Conference

This paper provides an introduction to the Johnson translation system of probability distributions, and it describes methods for using the Johnson system to model input processes in simulation experiments. For situations in which little or no sample information is available, we have developed a visual interactive method to estimate bounded Johnson distributions subjectively; and we have impleme...

Current report--HIV 1989 International Conference on AIDS--Montreal.

Conference Reports: SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHEMICAL KINETICS Gaithersburg, MD July 24–27, 1989

The conference, chaired by John T. Herron of the Chemical Kinetics Division of NIST, was attended by 240 scientists from 14 countlries representing academic, government and private sector institutions. Engineering Company. The range of the sponsors is indicative of the broad range of interests and applications which were the subjects of the conference. The conference followed the tradition of p...

Conference Reports: TWELFTH NATIONAL COMPUTER SECURITY CONFERENCE Baltimore, MD October 10–13, 1989

The National Computer Systems Laboratory (NCSL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Computer Security Center (NCSC) of the Department of Defense (DoD) co-sponsored the Twelfth National Computer Security Conference held in Baltimore, Maryland on October 10-13, 1989. The theme of the conference, "Information Systems Security: Solutions for Today—Concepts ...

Conference Reports: CONFERENCE ON FIFTY YEARS WITH NUCLEAR FISSION Washington, DC and Gaithersburg, MD April 25–28, 1989

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the American Nuclear Society jointly sponsored this unique conference to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of nuclear fission. An international audience of over 400 scientists and engineers joined the distinguished early pioneers to reminisce about the past and to study recent developments of this important technolo...