The logical design of a digital computer for a large-scale real-time application
Morton M. Astrahan, B. Housman, J. F. Jacobs, R. P. Mayer, W. H. Thomas · 1956
The Lincoln Laboratory and International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) have, over the past 3 years, worked out the design for a new digital computer which is the central component of a large-scale real-time system. In this system, data from a large number of sources are fed automatically into the computer where they are processed under programmed control. A complete compilation of the real-time situation is compiled by the computer and presented to operators by means of a special display system. The computer automatically generates control commands for the external environment in response to corrections and command information fed into it by the operators.