This memo written in the style and convention of A.I. memo No. 116A, may be considered an addendum thereto. It should prove to be a welcome updating on the LISP system.

A numerical method for solving linear, two-dimensional elliptic boundary value problems is presented. The method is essentially the Ritz procedure which uses; polynomial spline functions to approximate the exact solution. ...

This memo describes a method of automatically focusing the new vidisector (TVC). The same method can be used for distance measuring. Included are instructions describing the use of a special LISP and the required LISP-functions. ...

This serves as a preliminary draft of Deluxe Picture Maintenance System, June, 1963. It is Technical Memorandum No. 1.

This reference manual is intended for those who have some knowledge of PDP-6 machine language and are either interested in the ITS monitor for its own sake, or who wish to write machine language programs to run under it. ...

A program was written to solve calculus word problems. The program, CARPS (CALculus Rate Problem Solver), is restricted to rate problems. The overall plan of the program is similar to Bobrow's STUDENT, the primary ...

This memo originally had two parts. The first dealt with certain deficiencies in an early version of Guzman's program, SEE. The problems have been fixed, and the corresponding discussion has been dropped from this ...

This memo describes the TJ6 type justifying program, which can be used in the production of memos, such as this one. In addition, sections III and IV of this memo contain related information about TECO and the type ...

The immediate purpose of the research on Intelligent Automata is to have an autonomous machine able to understand uncomplicated commands and to manipulate simple objects without human intervention. This thesis is concerned ...

In this paper we study recognition of topological invariant properties of patterns by use of finite, rectangular 2-dimensional, interactive arrays of finite state automata (hereafter called modular arrays). The use of ...

The MIDAS linking loader is a PDP-6 program to load relocatable-format output from the MIDAS assemblers, with facilities to handle symbolic cross-reference between independently assembled programs. Although it is arranged ...

This is a reprint of page proofs of Chapter 12 of Perceptrons, M. Minsky and S. Papert, MIT Press 1968, (we hope). It replaces A.I. Memo No. 156 dated March 1968. The perceptron and convergence theorems of Chapter 11 are ...

This memo describes two small utility programs that are of assistance in using the ITS 1.4 (see A.I. 161, MAC-M-377) time sharing system. LOCK performs miscellaneous utility functions while PEEK displays, with periodic ...

Methods are presented (1) to partition or decompose a visual scene into the bodies forming it; (2) to position these bodies in three-dimensional space, by combining two scenes that make a stereoscopic pair; (3) to ...

The program described here takes as its input a collection of lines, vertices and surfaces describing a scene, and analyzes the scene into a composition of three-dimensional objects. The program does not need to know the ...

This memo describes a design aid used for the automatic production of wirelists for machine or hand wiring of wire-cards.

This document describes a set of routines which have been provided at both the monitor and user level to facilitate the following operations: 1) Vidissector input; 2) Pot Box input; 3) Arm motion; and 4) Display list ...

Key word grammars are defined to be the same as context free grammars, except that a production may specify a string of arbitrary symbols. These grammars define languages similar to those used in the programs CARPS and ...

Suppose there is a set of objects, {A, B,...E} and a set of tests, {T1, T2,...TN). When a test is applied to an object, the result is wither T or F. Assume the test may vary in cost and the object may vary in probability ...

The performance of a pattern recognition system is characterized by its error and reject tradeoff. This paper describes an optimum rejection rule and presents a general relation between the error and reject probabilities ...