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Purposes, structure, and results of the ART program (Zielsetzung, Aufbau und Ergebnisse des ART-Programms). N. Treinies (Gesellschaft für Weltraumforschung mbH, Porz-Wahn, West Germany). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Symposium über Raumfahrt Transportsysteme der Zukunft, PorzWahn, West Germany, June 27, 28, 1974, Paper 74-054. 35 p. In German.

Description of a program established for the purpose of developing a fully reusable long-range hypersonic flight vehicle. Following an analysis of the management problems involved in achieving cooperative work by various groups in a development program of this nature, noting the need for an ordering scheme in drafting the various plans, the technological problems involved in atmospheric reentry and the system analyses required for the development of a pilot configuration are discussed. Research work emphasizing four different aspects of the program is then described, including the development of advanced methods of calculating three-dimensional flowfields, the further elaboration of the pilot configuration, the development of advanced heat-shielding systems, and the carrying out of preliminary work for free-flight tests. A.B.K.

A74-43605

The R & D simulator - A 'new' T & E tool. R. L. Fortenbaugh (U.S. Naval Material Command, Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, Pa.). In: Advancements in flight test engineering; Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Symposium, Anaheim, Calif., August 7-9, 1974. Lancaster, Calif.,

Society of Flight Test Engineers, 1974, p. 1-91 to 1-108.

A NASA Ames R & D (research and development) simulator was utilized through the development phase of the F-14A program and on a continuing basis into the T & E (test and evaluation) phase. This utilization has concentrated on development and evaluation of the APC (approach power compensator), AFCS (automatic flight control system), and ACLS (automatic carrier landing system). The importance and success in the use of this simulator during the T & E phase is discussed with respect to accuracy of duplicating and predicting flight test results, pilots' acceptance of the simulator as a valid representation of the real aircraft, and cost effectiveness for reducing flight time while increasing flexibility. The success of this program has led to the adoption of a similar approach for APC, AFCS, and ACLS development for the S-3A aircraft and for (Author) reevaluation of the A-7E ACLS capability.

A74-42975 # Airports in the modern world. (Porty lotnicze w nowoczesnym swiecie. 1). Technika Lotnicza i Astronautyczna, vol. 29, July 1974, p. 35-37. In Polish.

The extensive and difficult functions required from an airport are discussed and are juxtaposed to the functions expected from a conventional aerodrome. The role played by the airport as an element of air transportation is examined, and the conditions necessary to ensure efficient operation are outlined. The paper is based on Jacques V. Block's book 'Airports and their environment', published in 1971.

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Low cost commercial space traffic operations and the swing station. K. A. Ehricke (Rockwell International Corp., El Segundo, Calif.). (International Academy of Astronautics, Cost Reduction in Space Operations Symposium, 3rd, Baku, Azerbaidzhan SSR, Oct. 7-13, 1973.) Raumfahrtforschung, vol. 18, July-Aug. 1974, p. 173-182. 15 refs.

The increasing number of geosynchronous operations will require a transportation system consisting of efficient interorbital vehicles. Such a system could be provided by a swing station system. The significance of commercial traffic operations in support of geosynchronous operations is discussed along with geospace traffic patterns and swing station traffic operations with an electric spacecraft at the apogee. Details regarding the solar-electric propulsion stage are examined and an alternative to the swing station is considered. G.R.

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Advancements in the test and evaluation of naval weapon systems. T. P. Perry and R. J. Warnagieris (U.S. Navy, Naval Missile Center, Point Mugu, Calif.). In: Advancements in flight test engineering; Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Symposium, Anaheim, Calif., August 7-9, 1974. Lancaster,

Calif., Society of Flight Test Engineers, 1974, p. 1-77 to 1-89.

Naval Air Systems Command, the responsible agency for research development test and evaluation and procurement of naval aircraft and weapon systems, is in the process of architecting its structure, methodologies, and long-range plans. The authors, employed by a leading test and evaluation (T&E) field activity of the Command, make a case for the role of T&E in these future plans and outline objectives applicable to the T&E community at large. The paper highlights the T&E concepts pioneered by naval aviation, gives examples of current system capabilities which have enhanced the state of the T&E, and provides conceptual suggestions for the future.

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A transportable automated radio spectrum measurement system is now being employed by the OTP/OT as a part of the program to improve spectrum management processes and procedures within the Federal Government. Measurements to determine actual spectrum usage as compared with assignments, and operational compliance with assignment limitations, are primary output requirements. This paper describes current system applications to meet these requirements, as well as field operational experiences during initial deployment in the Washington, D.C. area. In addition, measurement results are given illustrating their direct use in the Federal spectrum management program. (Author)

A74-44146 #

The use of APL in the Thomson-CSF group (L'emploi de l'APL dans le Groupe Thomson-CSF). G. Demars (Thomson-CSF, Direction de l'Informatique, Paris, France) and C. Hubert (Thomson-CSF, Service Etudes Générales, Issy-lesMoulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France). Revue Technique Thomson . CSF, vol. 6, Mar. 1974, p. 275-285. 15 refs. In French.

Illustration of the utility of the APL language in computer-aided design of complex systems. After briefing citing certain areas of management in which the use of the APL conversational system was found to be very profitable namely, the management of contracts and research projects and budgetary control three examples of the use of this system in scientific calculations are presented which involve, respectively, the calculation of electrical circuits, the calculation of transfer functions, and the simulation of optical systems. A.B.K.

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A74-44328 # The ESRO MAROTS programme. J. A. Vandenkerckhove (ESRO, European Space Research and Technology Centre, Noordwijk, Netherlands). (British Interplanetary Society, Symposium on Maritime Satellites, London, England, Apr. 18, 1974.) British Interplanetary Society, Journal, vol. 27, Oct. 1974, p. 735-740.

Description of a program centering around a maritime satellite designed to provide a capability for the acquisition of both experimental data and preoperational experience. The objectives of the MAROTS program include general communications, distress signaling, and position determination. A fundamental feature of the MAROTS satellite is a modular design which includes (1) a service module and (2) a communication module with a payload characterized by a large L-band shaped-beam antenna. MAROTS will be three-axis stabilized and will have a design life in excess of three years. The satellite will be positioned between 10 and 15 W to cover simultaneously most of the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the western part of the Indian Ocean, from the Panama Canal to the Persian Gulf. Its nominal communication capacity during daylight operation will include 12 forward voice/data channels, 18 forward teleprinter and telex channels, one forward access channel, 14 return voice/data channels, 18 return teleprinter and telex channels, and three simplex shore-to-shore channels. A.B.K.

A74-45001 A design to cost overview. J. S. Gansler (U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense /Installations and Logistics/, Washington, D.C.) and G. W. Sutherland (U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Defense Research and Engineering, Washington, D.C.). Defense Management Journal, vol. 10, Sept. 1974, p. 2-7.

The importance of ar application of design to cost principles in defense system programs is discussed along with aspects of commercial practice, life cycle cost considerations and the characteristic features of the Joint Design to Cost Guide published by the Joint Logistic Commanders in October 1973. It is the intention of DOD to apply design to cost principles and concepts to all major defense system programs, as well as to most smaller programs and subsystems. G.R.

A74-45002 Implementation of the design to cost concept from the contractual point of view. M. J. Tashjian (U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense /Installations and Logistics/, Washington, D.C.). Defense Management Journal, vol. 10, Sept. 1974, p. 8-17.

DOD contracting officers must provide a basic contractual framework which allows successive interactions and trade-offs to ensure the design to cost goal is met. The role of the procurement professionals is an essential and pervasive part of the application of the design to cost concept to assure cost-effective acquisitions of new defense systems. Details concerning the approaches used in implementing the design to cost concept are discussed, taking into account advanced procurement planning, preparation of the request for proposal, contractual coverage, and post-award administration of the contract. G.R.

A74-45003 Design to cost during the requirements, development and test phases of systems acquisition. R. R. Shorey and T. H. Ross (U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense /Installations and Logistics/, Washington, D.C.). Defense Management Journal, vol. 10, Sept. 1974, p. 18, 23-26.

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Selecting design to cost goals requires realism

and flexibility. R. L. Bidwell (U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense /Installations and Logistics/, Washington, D.C.). Defense Management Journal, vol. 10, Sept. 1974, p. 27-31.

The selection of reasonable cost goals is vital to the design to cost process. Approaches to do this are concerned with a deter mination of the cost per item, the relation of unit costs to actual costs of existing systems, and industrial engineering type estimates. The allocation of cost goals is considered along with a breakdown of cost goals and the use of a feedback mechanism to obtain corrective action wherever it is needed.

G.R.

A74-45133

The German magnetic transportation program.

H. G. Gutberlet (Dornier-System GmbH, Friedrichshafen, West Germany). (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Annual International Magnetics Conference, 12th, Toronto, Canada, May 14-17, 1974.) IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. MAG-10, Sept. 1974, p. 417-420.

The research project for the development of tracked high-speed transport systems is to provide the basis for a decision regarding the selection of a suitable system for the traffic requirements of the future. Such a decision is expected to be made sometime near the year or in the year 1979. The development of experimental vehicles on the basis of an electromagnetic levitation approach was begun in 1970. It is planned to obtain vehicles using the electromagnetic or electrodynamic levitation principle in 1977. Components developments made in connection with this program are discussed along with the experimental plants and test tracks. G.R.

A74-45548 # A review of some research relating to controller selection criteria. B. B. Cobb (FAA, Civil Aeromedical Institute, Oklahoma City, Okla.). In: What impacts ATC; Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Meeting and Technical Program, Miami Beach, Fla., October 15-18, 1973. Washington,

D.C., Air Traffic Control Association, Inc., 1974, p. 43-47.

The variables most useful for the selection of ATC trainees from among medically qualified applicants have been identified as chronological age, performance measures on certain types of aptitude tests, and assessments of previous types and amounts of prior ATC experience, usually attained as military controllers. Variables pertaining to level, recency, or type of education have not been found useful for predicting early training performance or retention-attrition status up to 10 years after entry.

G.R.

A74-46258
Airline ATE applications and technology re-
quirements. R. G. Huenemann and J. P. Valdez (United Air Lines,
Inc., San Francisco, Calif.). In: Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, International Convention and Exposition, New York,
N.Y., March 26-29, 1974, Technical Papers.
New
York, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., 1974, p.
13/2 1-13/2 8. 6 refs.

The use of ATE in an airline is almost solely related to the testing of avionic boxes. The avionic boxes are better known as Line Replaceable Units, or LRUs. Airline ATE is used primarily for avionics in 747, DC-10, and L1011 aircraft. ATE marketing problems are considered along with test languages and design questions. Aspects of airline ATE requirements discussed are related to ATE flexibility, interface requirements, and signal processing. G.R.

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Analyzing the interface of reliability and economics of unmanned satellites. H. W. von Guerard (Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH, Ottobrunn, West Germany). IEEE Transactions on Reliability, vol. R-23, Aug. 1974, p. 208-213. 8 refs. Questions related to the significance of satellite reliability analysis are examined and the concept of marginal utility is introduced. Utility is defined as the value of goods or services to the buyer. Marginal utility is defined as the utility of the last item employed. Graphs are provided to illustrate the concept of reliability suboptimization, using the example of a research satellite. Methods are considered for linking engineering reliability to value assessment data, taking into account the logic of reliability cost effectiveness. The implementation of the considered approaches is illustrated by structuring the logic of reliability analysis in the case of a research satellite featuring three experiments. G.R.

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N74-10105# Naval Aerospace Medical Research Lab., Pensacola,

Fla.

THE PREDICTION OF PILOT PERFORMANCE IN THE F-4 AIRCRAFT

Richard H. Shannon and Wayne L. Wang 9 Jul. 1973 13 p refs

(MF51524002)

(AD-764866; NAMRL-1186) Avail: NTIS CSCL 05/9

In previous investigations, attempts were made to isolate the most critical skills and procedures within each stage of replacement air group (RAG) training in the F-4 aircraft. For each of the stages analyzed, a small set of items were selected on the basis that they could discriminate among replacement pilots according to their final RAG grade. On the basis of these isolated skills, two fleet evaluation questionnaires were developed to be used by operational F-4 squadron commanders. In addition to ratings on these two rating forms, squadron commanders were asked to report critical incidents. These included such occurrences as accidents, incidents, and wingspulled. Data obtained from these two forms were used as the criterion measures in the investigation. Selected test scores and flight grades from undergraduate pilot training were used as potential predictors. These were related to the criteria in a series of correlational and regression analyses A number of significant relationships were obtained among the performance measures. Such results indicated the method used in developing the rating form to be a feasible one. Implications are discussed in terms of potential use for actual assignment of aviators to RAG training in the F-4 aircraft. Author (GRA)

N74-10167# Army Strategic Communications Command, Fort Huachuca, Ariz.

USASTRATCOM DESIRED CAPABILITY LIST 1 Aug. 1973 41 p refs

(AD-766281) Avail: NTIS CSCL 17/2

The purpose of this document is to serve as an interface tool between USASTRATCOM and the R and D community providing those items and ideas that USASTRATCOM uses. Both government and industry Research and Development could better support STRATCOM if they had a clearer understanding of STRATCOM's needs. This document. The USASTRATCOM Desired Capability List, (DCL) constitutes the assembled, published formal statement of future requirements as currently viewed by the STRATCOM system operator. The DCL is planned to provide an effective tool in forging the communications channel with the research community that should materially assist in the selection of research objectives and aims because each item is generated by a user problem and reviewed and validated by senior communicators. Author (GRA)

The study represents an effort to identify significant trends in the design of automated testing since the middle 1950's. It includes a number of pertinent philosophies of this period and provides some conclusions and recommendations for future automatic test equipment. Incorporated in the report are summations of a selection from twenty five hundred (2500) articles, reports and several hundred patents contained in the files of Project SETE; the results of a meeting at NASA Kennedy Space Flight Center; and a portion of the correspondence resulting from an industrial survey on automatic test equipment. A bibliography has been arranged chronologically to provide the reader with an additional tool for the historical assessment of automatic test equipment. The report is issued in three layers. The foreword represents the first layer and is essentially an introduction to automatic testing. It is prepared for those readers who desire only a brief discussion of the subject. The historical preview is the second layer. It explores in greater detail the ramifications of early efforts to automate testing. It includes a chronological programming sequence history chart plus samples of programming devices related to automatic test equipment. Starting with task objectives the major part of the report is detailed. The main thrust is on important philosophies which played a part in the overall movement of automation in testing. Author (GRA)

N74-10487#
Research Center.
HYDRAULIC CYLINDER AND SEAL SPECIFICATION STUDY
Annual Report, Section 1, 1 Oct. 1970 1 Sep. 1972
Sep. 1972 130 p

Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater. Fluid Power

(Contracts DAAK02-71-C-0074; DAAK02-72-C-0172)
(AD-757722; OSU-FPRC-2M1) Avail: NTIS CSCL 13/7

The purpose of the OSU-MERDC hydraulic specification program is to develop industrially acceptable test procedures and requirement specifications relative to the performance of hydraulic components and systems to facilitate the military's buy commercial approach. Although the program has been aimed toward components and systems for future 3000 psi operating pressure levels, it was intended that the test procedures be applicable to any pressure level. This report presents a detailed account of the experimental verification part of the hydraulic cylinder and seal studies. It relates the problems encountered as well as the solutions, as reflected in the revised test procedures and specifications. The three components considered in this report are hydraulic cylinders, hydraulic pressure seals, and wiper seals (exclusion devices). Author (GRA)

N74-10783*# National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.

STUDY OF AIRBORNE SCIENCE EXPERIMENT MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS FOR APPLICATION TO SPACE SHUTTLE. VOLUME 3: APPENDIXES

Donald R. Mulholland, John O. Reller, Jr., Carr B. Neel, and Louis C. Haughney Aug. 1973 83 p refs (NASA-TM-X-62289) Avail: NTIS HC $6.25 CSCL 22A

Detailed information is presented concerning specific airborne missions in support of the ASSESS program. These missions are the AIDJEX expeditions, meteor shower expeditions, CAT and atmospheric sampling missions, ocean color expeditions, and the Lear Jet missions. F.O.S.

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policy and administration, in which government, industry. foundations, and educational institutions must all work together as never before. Few other single tasks are of such decisive importance to the collective and individual welfare of American citizens as the formulation of public science policy and the administration of scientific programs. Eleven national authorities of varied background in science, education, and government administration contribute their experience and their judgment in an effort to deal with the major aspects of the subject. Their focus is on the meeting of actual problems, they consider the decision making process in both public and public-private organizations. Topics are grouped in three general categories: personnel needs and resources, organizational problems and techniques, and the administrative role in policy leadership.

N74-10879*# Tennessee Univ. Space Inst.. Tullahoma.
MANAGEMANT OF NASA'S MAJOR PROJECTS
Lee B. James Jul. 1973 186 p refs
(Grant NGR-43-001-116)

(NASA-CR-135989) Avail: NTIS HC $11.50 CSCL 05A

Author

Approaches used to manage major projects are studied and the existing documents on NASA management are reviewed. The work consists of: (1) the project manager's role, (2) request for proposal, (3) project plan, (4) management information system, (5) project organizational thinking. (6) management disciplines. (7) important decisions, and (8) low cost approach. T.M.R.

N74-10895# Committee on Science and Astronautics (U. S House).

OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT: BACKGROUND AND STATUS

Walter A. Hahn and Rosemary Chalk Washington GPO Aug 1973 55 p refs Presented to Comm. on Sci. and Astronaut.. 93d Congr., 1st Sess., 30 Jul. 1973 Based on CRS Multilith No. 73-41 SP Prepared by Library of Congr. Avail: Comm. on Sci. and Astronaut.

The background and status of the Office of Technology Assessment are presented in a report to the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the US House of Representatives. It is stated that the basic function of the office is to provide early indications of the probable beneficial and adverse implications of the applications of technology and to develop other coordinate information which may assist the Congress. The legislative history leading to the creation of the office is analyzed. The final legislation in the form of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 is included. Author

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The author has identified the following significant results. A Coastal Zone Surveillance Program has been developed in which systematic comparisons of early ERTS-1 images and recently acquired images are regularly made to identify areas where changes have occurred. A methodology for assessing and documenting benefits has been established. Quantification of benefits has been directed toward four candidate areas: shore protection, ocean outfalls, coastal land resources, and offshore waste disposal. A refinement in the change detection analysis procedure has led to greater accuracy in spotting developmental changes in the Coastal Zone. Preliminary conclusions drawn from the Shore Erosion case study indicate that in the northern test area (developed beach) erosion has occurred more often, is generally more severe, and the beach is slower to recover than in the southern test area (natural beach). From these data it appears that it may be possible to define areas most likely to experience further erosion. The assumption of continued erosion in areas that have at one time experienced severe erosion is supported by the simple fact that as a beach narrows wave energy is concentrated on a narrower beach surface. The higher energy condition subsequently results in accelerated erosion.

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N74-10984# Air Force Systems Command, Wright-Patterson AFB. Ohio. Foreign Technology Div.

EDUCATIONAL METHODS TEXTBOOKS

G. L. Petrov 31 Jul. 1973 164 p refs Transl into ENGLISH from Tr. Politekhn. Inst. (Leningrad). 1966 p 1104

(AD-765580, FTD MT-24-346-73) Avail: NTIS CSCL 05/9 The training of engineers in welding is achieved in the Soviet Union by following two lines: Equipment and technology, and metallurgy and technology. The Leningrad Polytechnical Institute prepares engineers having a broad background for special training programs. GRA

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Background planning related to the LMFBR demonstration plant design provides the basis for the configuration and experiments planned for ZPPR-3. The specified experimental configurations and plans are summarized and some details of the experimental plan for each of the phases are presented Development and execution of the detailed experimental program involves specifications of the detailed core loadings and arrangement, auxiliary measurements to provide information to determine experimental accuracies or resolve discrepancies, reduction of the experimental data to a useable form for the reactor designers, and analysis before the fact for planning, during the experimental program and after the program. Author

N74-11700# Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm G.m.b. H., Ottobrunn (West Germany).

TECHNOLOGICAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN COMMUNICATON SATELLITES (TECHNOLOGISCHE UND KOMMERZIELLE ENTWICKLUNGSTRENDS BEI

NACHRICHTENSATELLITEN]

P. Hartl (DFVLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, West Ger.) and D. E. Koelle 1973 8 p In GERMAN Presented at the DG LR Symp. Nachrichtensatelliten, Stuttgart, 16-17 May 1973 (DGLR-Paper-73-039) Avail: NTIS HC $3.00

A review of the application and the technological and commercial development of communication satellites is presented. The applications include: intercontinental communication (intelsat network), regional communication, tactical and strategical services, aeronautical and maritime traffic control, and direct TV broadcasting. Some trends in technological development are indicated, such as global satellites, three-axis stabilization, frequency bands, and power supply. A prognosis for the commercial development of intercontinental and regional communication is ESRO given.

N74-11701# Siemens A.G., Munich (West Germany). CONCEPT STUDY OF A TELEVISION BROADCASTING SATELLITE, PREPHASE A. VOLUME 1: SUMMARY Final Report [KONZEPTSTUDIE FUER EINEN FERNSEHRUNDFUNKSATELLITEN, VORPHASE A. SCHLUSSBERICHT BAND

1: ZUSAMMENFASSUNG]

May 1972 29 p in GERMAN Prepared jointly with Standard
Elektrik Lorenz and Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm
(Contract RV-2/1-v-1/71-QH-00-10)
Avail: NTIS HC $3.50

A feasibility study for a television broadcasting satellite is summarized. Four concepts were developed as a result of different requirements for private television sets, and are thus based on different modulation and communication methods. The following items are discussed: communication system, transmitter power and power supply, and satellite antenna attitude control. The proposed schedule and a cost estimate are given for the full project.

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N74-11749# Joint Publications Research Service, Arlington, ANALYSIS OF TENDENCIES AND FORECAST OF SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL PROGRESS

30 Oct. 1973 353 p refs Transl. into ENGLISH of the book "Analiz Tendentsiy Prognozirovaniye Nauchno-Tekhnicheskogo Progressa Kiev, Naukova Dumka, 1966 Presented at the 1st All Union Symp. on the Appl. of Math. Methods and Computer Technl. in Studies of the History of Sci. Technol. Progr., Kiev, 1966

(JPRS-60402) Avail: NTIS HC $19.75

The proceedings of a symposium on the application of mathematical methods and computer technology in studies of the history of scientific and technical progress are presented. The information is intended for persons engaged in the analysis of the directions and levels of scientific and technological development, for workers of the information-patent services, and for historians of natural science and technology. Some of the subjects discussed are: (1) comparative analysis with the aid of computers, (2) engineering and technical importance of inventions, (3) methods of technological forecasting, (4) methods of evaluation effectiveness of scientological analysis, and (5) computer processing of historical materials.

N74-11750 Joint Publications Research Service, Arlington, Va. APPLICATION OF MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY FOR ANALYSIS OF TRENDS AND FORECASTING OF SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS

G. M. Dobrov In its Anal. of Tendencies and Forecast of Sci-Tech. Progr. (JPRS-60402) 30 Oct. 1973 p 1-18 refs Transl into ENGLISH of the book "Analiz Tendentsiy i Prognozirovaniye Nauchno-tekhnicheskogo Progressa" Kiev, Naukova Dumka, 1967

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The problems of the history of scientific and technological progress that are being investigated with the aid of new methods are discussed. The associations with other fields such as, natural, industrial, and social sciences, scientific and technological information, patent services, and agencies managing the development of science and technology are described. The updating of problematics is the objective law of the development of the history of natural science and technology. Scientific and industrial progress as a whole and each of its specific manifestations embody the past, present, and future. Historical methodology is considered to be the indispendable prerequisite for the scientific approach to analysis of the problems of scientific and industrial progress. Author

N74-11751 Joint Publications Research Service, Arlington, Va. EXPERIENCE IN THE UTILIZATION OF THE ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTER FOR HISTORICAL-TECHNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SPECIFIC FORMS OF TECHNOLOGY (THE EXAMPLE OF COAL MINING COMBINES)

L. P. Smirnov In its Anal. of Tendencies and Forecast of Sci.-Tech. Progr. (JPRS-60402) 30 Oct. 1973 p 19-33 refs Transl. into ENGLISH of the book "Analiz Tendentsiy i Prognozirovaniye Nauchno-Tekhnicheskogo Progressa" Kiev, Naukova Dumka, 1967 p 23-37

The use of electronic computers for solving series of problems of information retrieval and information logic analysis pertaining to the coal mining industry is discussed. A form of analysis, called the rejected application library on coal mining combines, for historical-technological studies is described. On the basis of analysis of existing coding methods an effective method of recording information about coal mining combines is selected, which makes it possible to solve problems of information retrieval for statistical and logical analysis. Author

N74-11752 Joint Publications Research Service, Arlington, Va. WORLD TECHNOLOGICAL LEVEL AND HOW IT IS DETERMINED

I. D. Ivanov In its Anal. of Tendencies and Forecast of Sci.-Tech. Progr. (JPRS-60402) 30 Oct. 1973 p 34-39 Transl. into ENGLISH of the book "Analiz Tendentsiy i Prognozirovaniye Nauchno-Tekhnicheskogo Progressa" Kiev, Naukova Dumka. 1967 p 38-43

The determination of the level of industrial technology on the basis of information obtained from industrial and technicaleconomic literature, retrospective patent library, standards, specifications, advertisements, and catalogs is discussed. It is characterized by the technical-economic parameters of the newest mass produced products, well received by the market, and also of the latest technology successfully adopted by leading enterprises. This level may be used for comparative analysis of Soviet products, the technology employed or adopted, and also of imported products or technology for the purpose of determining how progressive they are. Author

N74-11753 Joint Publications Research Service, Arlington, Va. ANALYSIS OF THE TREND OF DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFIC FORMS OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE BASIS OF PATENT SOURCES

Ye. I. Levin and Yu. V. Yershov In its Anal. of Tendencies and Forecast of Sci.-Tech. Progr. (JPRS-60402) 30 Oct. 1973 p 40-49 refs Transl. into ENGLISH of the book "Analiz Tendentsiy i Prognozirovaniye Nauchno-Tekhnicheskogo Progressa Kiev, Naukova Dumka, 1967 p 44-54

The history of development of certain Soviet design decision related to coal mining is presented. The character of change of the number of applications of design decisions concerning combined coal mining machines, with emphasis on certain types of machines, is analyzed. The mechanization of data processing for the purpose of analyzing technological data is discussed. The importance of combined qualitative and quantitative analysis

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