The 1984 Olympic Message System: a test of behavioral principles of system design

  • Authors:
  • John D. Gould;Stephen J. Boies;Stephen Levy;John T. Richards;Jim Schoonard

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY;IBM Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY;IBM Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY;IBM Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY;IBM Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1987

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Abstract

There was more than athletic talent being pressed to peak performance at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Behind the scenes, a multilingual Olympic Message System ran round-the-clock keeping more than 10,000 athletes and officials in contact with families and friends, both far and near.