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Author Staff, National Research Council

Title Mathematical Science, Technology and Economic Competition
Published Washington : National Academies Press, 1900

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Description 1 online resource (128 pages)
Contents ""MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, TECHNOLOGY, AND ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""PREFACE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""FINDINGS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""2 KEY AMERICAN INDUSTRIES""; ""2.1 AIRCRAFT""; ""2.2 SEMICONDUCTORS AND COMPUTERS""; ""2.3 PETROLEUM""; ""2.4 AUTOMOBILES""; ""2.5 TELECOMMUNICATIONS""; ""3 THE PRODUCT CYCLE""; ""3.1 ECONOMIC PLANNING""; ""3.2 SIMULATION AND DESIGN�AIRCRAFT""; ""3.3 DESIGN AND CONTROL OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS""; ""3.4 MACHINE TOOLS FOR MANUFACTURING""; ""3.5 SIMULATION AND PRODUCTION�PETROLEUM""
""3.6 STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT""""3.7 MANUFACTURING PROCESS CONTROL""; ""3.8 SENSOR-BASED MANUFACTURING""; ""3.9 MANUFACTURING STANDARDS""; ""3.10 PRODUCTION, INVENTORIES, AND MARKETING""; ""3.11 MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR""; ""4 THE TECHNOLOGY BASE""; ""4.1 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER""; ""4.2 SIMULATION AND COMPUTATIONAL MODELING""; ""Examples""; ""Resources""; ""Requirements""; ""4.3 STATISTICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT""; ""4.4 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS""; ""Asymptotics""; ""Nonlinear Phenomena""; ""Stochastic Phenomena""; ""Control Theory""
""4.5 OPTIMIZATION, DISCRETE, AND COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS""""Sequential Quadratic Programming Methods""; ""Linear Programming""; ""Discrete Optimization""; ""Algebraic Methods""; ""4.6 STATISTICAL AND PROBABILISTIC MODELS""; ""Stochastic Modeling""; ""Spatial Statistics""; ""4.7 MANPOWER, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING""; ""5 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Findings""; ""Recommendations""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDICES""; ""Appendix A Studies of Advanced Technology and Economic Competitiveness""; ""1. Emerging Technologies from the Department of Commerce""
""2. The Federal High Performance Computing Program""""3. The National Academy of Engineering, 10 Outstanding Achievements""; ""4. The Departments of Defense and Energy, 20 Critical Technologies""; ""5. The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), 10 Emerging Technologies for the 1990s""; ""6. The MIT Commission on Industrial Productivity""; ""7. Technology Policy and Its Effect on the National Economy""; ""8. Governing America""; ""9. A Strategic Industry at Risk""; ""10. Success Factors in Critical Technologies""; ""11. Engineering Design""
Notes ""Appendix B Studies by the Mathematical Sciences Community""
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Subject Mathematics -- Study and teaching.
Mathematics -- Research.
Technology transfer.
Competition, International.
Technology Transfer
Competition, International
Mathematics -- Research
Mathematics -- Study and teaching
Technology transfer
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780309583275
0309583276