The rapid progress in the design and aplication of general-purpose digital computers has tended to outdistance systematic treatment of the field as a subject in its own right and not as just a tool for other disciplines.
The important factros in the advancement of computer technology are the memory performance speed, size and cost. Though development in other areas of software and hardware sub-systems contributed immensely, search for a faster and cheaper memory has always been there
Microprocessors are new and fascinating logic devices that are having pronounced effects upon our lives. Microprocessors can be found in pocket calculators, checkout terminals in stores, home appliances, office equipment, scientific instruments, medical equipment, and video games, to name just a few occurrences.
Computer science is an important subject. Computers are now actively used in almost every part of the scietific and business worlds. Some economicsts have even predicted that the computer industry will be the largest single industry by 1980
The present issue of computer and mathematics with applications is a double one. It is special also, because the papers were alll written to the memory of one. who had at least as much to do with weaving the connections between computers and mathematics, as any other single person.
This book is intended to provide a comprehensive survey of the technical topics related to CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacting). These topics included interactive computer grafics and CAD, numerical Control, Computer process control, robotic, group technology, computer-integrated production management, and felxible manufacturin…