DocumentCode
1459708
Title
Univac on election night
Author
Draper, A. F.
Author_Institution
Laboratory of Advanced Research, Remington Rand Inc., South Norwalk, Conn.
Volume
72
Issue
4
fYear
1953
fDate
4/1/1953 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
291
Lastpage
293
Abstract
A discussion of UNIVAC´s role in predicting the national election results is presented which includes the development of a mathematical theory as well as the actual setup of the problem on the machine.
Keywords
Accuracy; Broadcasting; Computers; Humans; Market research; Nominations and elections; TV;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electrical Engineering
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0095-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/EE.1953.6438592
Filename
6438592
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