• 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