Computer performance tests employed by the National Bureau of Standards

Authors:
S. N. Alexander;R. D. Elbourn
Affiliations:
National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.;National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.
Venue:
AIEE-IRE '53 (Eastern) Papers and discussions presented at the Dec. 8-10, 1953, eastern joint AIEE-IRE computer conference: information processing systems---reliability and requirements
Year:
1953

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Changing perspectives on evaluation in HCI: past, present, and future

CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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During the past five years the National Bureau of Standards has collaborated with five government agencies in technical programs that involved the performance testing of complete electronic digital-computing systems. Devising a meaningful evaluation procedure proved to be a surprisingly elusive task. Because digital computers are highly integrated assemblies, there is not much value that the prospective user gains from a detailed check on each of the individual facilities and units.