%xmlchars; ]> mc00283 Preliminary Inventory for the Richard E. Nance Papers, 1968 - 2004 Processed by: Michael Watts;machine-readable finding aid created by: Michael Watts North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center 2007 Machine-readable finding aid derived from xml authoring program Finding aid written in English. Preliminary Inventory for the Richard E. Nance Papers, 1968 - 2004 MC 283 North Carolina State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center &ncsuaddr; Michael Watts, April 2007 Michael Watts, April 2007 Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center Nance, Richard E. Richard E. Nance Papers, 1968 - 2004 MC 282 2114 cartons This collection contains correspondence, professional papers, technical reports, technical manuals, journals, books, films, and videotapes belonging to Richard E. (Richard Earle) Nance, North Carolina State University alumnus and current Director of the Systems Research Center at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia. Born in 1940, Richard E. Nance attended North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) and received a B.S. in industrial engineering in 1962, with an M.S. in industrial engineering in 1964. He received the Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1968. Nance was assistant professor at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, and professor, Computer Sciences Center, then head of the Computer Science Department at Virginia Tech. Nance is currently (2007) the John Adolphus Dahlgren Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Systems Research Center at Virginia Tech. Recognized globally as a software modeling and engineering expert, Nance is chairman of the board of Orca Computer. His work as a computer scientist for the United States Department of Defense at the Naval Surface Weapons Center in Dahlgren, Virginia, includes research relating to the Tomahawk cruise missile, and UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. English Information for Users Restrictions to Access

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Donated by Richard E. Nance, November 2005 (Accn. no. 2005-0017)

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Born in 1940, Richard E. Nance attended North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) and received a B.S. in industrial engineering in 1962 with an M.S. in industrial engineering in 1964. He received the Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1968. Nance was assistant professor at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, and professor, Computer Sciences Center, then head of the Computer Science Department at Virginia Tech.

Nance is currently (2007) the John Adolphus Dahlgren Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Systems Research Center at Virginia Tech. Recognized globally as a software modeling and engineering expert, Dr. Nance is chairman of the board of Orca Computer. His work as a computer scientist for the United States Department of Defense at the Naval Surface Weapons Center in Dahlgren, Virginia, includes research relating to the Tomahawk cruise missile, and UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles).

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This collection contains correspondence, professional papers, technical reports, technical manuals, journals, books, films, and videotapes belonging to Richard E. (Richard Earle) Nance, North Carolina State University alumnus and current Director of the Systems Research Center at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Organization of the Collection

The material is unprocessed and remains in the order received. Material is divided into two series: 1. Technical Reports and Reprints with Nance as Author or Co-Author 2. General Files

Online Catalog Terms

The following terms have been used to index the guide to the collection in the NCSU Library's online catalog.

Individuals Nance, Richard E. Corporate Entities Naval Surface Weapons Center. North Carolina State University--Alumni and alumnae. United States. Dept. of Defense--Research. United States. Navy--Weapons systems. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University--Faculty. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Dept. of Computer Science. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Systems Research Center. Topics Drone aircraft--United States. Computer simulation--United States. Software engineering--United States. Tomahawk (Guided missile) Detailed Description of the Collection MC 283 Series 1 Technical Reports and Reprints with Nance as Author or Co-Author, 1968-2004 1A Comparison of Selected Conceptual Frameworks for Simulation Modeling, 1989 1A Computer System for Effective Management of a Medical Library Network, 1971 1A Computer System for Effective Management of a Medical Library Network, 1971 1A Cost Modeling Formalism for Complex Systems Engineering, 1995 1A Framework for Assessing the Adequacy and Effectiveness of Software Development Methodologies, 1990 1A Framework for Assessing the Adequacy and Effectiveness of Software Development Methodologies, 1990 1A History of Discrete Simulation Programming Languages, 1992 1A Model Development Environment for Combat Systems Experimentation, 1983 1A Model Development Environment for Combat Systems Experimentation, 1984 1A Procedural Approach to Developing Software Development Methodologies, 1986 1A Processor Utilization Model for a Multiprocessor Computer System, 1978 1A Queuing Network Analysis of Dynamic Reconfigurability in a Hierarchical Information Network, 1994 1A Random Number Generator for Small Word Length Computers, 1973 1A Specification Language to Assist in Analysis of Discrete Event Simulation Models, 1985 1A Statistical Technique for Comparing Heuristics, 1987 1A Taxonomy for the Evaluation of Computer Documentation, 1988 1A Tutorial View of Simulation Model Development , 1983 1Abstraction Refinement, 1991 1Abstraction Refinement: A Model of Software Evolution, 1991 1An Analytical Model of a Library Network, 1970 1An Evaluation of CPU Efficiency Under Dynamic Quantum Allocation, 1979 1An Industrial Dynamics Model of a University Library, 1969 1Application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process to Complex System Design Evaluation, 1994 1Busy Period Analysis of a Time-Sharing System, 1972 1Commercial-off -the -Shelf (COTS) Effects on System Maintenance, 2001 1Communications of the ACM: Simulation Modeling, 1981 1Communications Resource Allocation for the VON Project C4 Architecture, 2001 1Computing Technology: A Seminar for Senior Executives, 1979 1Constructing the Architectural Database to Support Communications Resource Allocation, 2001 1Contemplations of a Simulated Navel, 1988 1Control and Transformation Metric - 1, 1985 1Control and Transformation Metric - 2, 1985 1Cost Models of for Complex Engineering, 1993 1Data Transfer Architectures, 1982 1Defining and Evaluating the Expectations and Objectives for MARS, 1994 1Developing an Automated Procedure for Evaluating Software Methodologies, 1987 1Development of an Aegis Maintenance Methodology, 1990 1Documentation Production Under Next Generation Technologies, 1989 1Dynamically Reconfigurable Networks, 1988 1Establishing Software Development Process Control, 1993 1Evaluation and Assessment of the Technologies Required for a Multiwarfare Assessment and Research System, 1994 1Evaluation of the Unix Host for a Model Development Environment, 1986 1Formulated Problem Verification as an Explicit Requirement of Model Credibility, 1985 1Formulated Problem Verification as an Explicit Requirement of Model Credibility, 1989 1Future Operating Systems Transition for the Tomahawk and UAV Programs - References, 1998 1Future Operating Systems Transition for the Tomahawk and UAV Programs - Task 1 Report, 1998 1Graph Based Diagnosis of Discrete Event Model Specifications, 1984 1Graph Models for Library Information Networks, 1972 1Immediate Software Development Issues for Embedded Systems Applications in Surface Combatants, 1985 1Implementation of Fortran Random Number Generators, 1975 1Independent Verification and Validation, 1986 1Independent Verification and Validation, 1994 1Indicator and Measure, 1995 1Information Networks: A Probabilistic Model for Hierarchical Message Transfer, 1975 1Library Policy Structure, 1971 1Link Capacity Assignment in Dynamic Hierarchical Networks, 1988 1Link Models for Networks With Dynamic Topologies, 1987 1Linking Simulation Model Specification and Parallel Execution through UNITY, 1991 1Local Area Networks and the Dynamic Hierarchy - A Tutorial, 1986 1Measurement and Evaluation of Complex Navy Systems, 1993 1Model Development Revisited, 1984 1Model Generation Issues, 1990 1Model Representation in Discrete Event Simulation, 1979 1Model Representation in Discrete Event Simulation, 1981 1Modelling and Simulation Methodology in the Artificial Intelligence Era, 1986 1On Time Flow Mechanisms for Discrete System Simulation, 1971 1Operating Systems Transition Project - THWK - UAV, 1999 1Organizational Analyses and Simulation Studies, 1970 1Parallel Discrete Event Simulation, 1994 1Pattern Recognition in Target Discrimination - Volume 1, 1987 1Pattern Recognition in Target Discrimination - Volume 2, 1987 1Pattern Recognition in Target Discrimination - Volume 3, 1987 1Redundancy in Model Simulation for Discrete Event Simulation, 2000 1Reflections on Operating in Hostile Environments, 2003 1Reply to Discussion by B. Keller and R. Nance, 1995 1Requirements for Software Maintenance Technology, 1990 1Simulation '80 Symposium, 1980 1Simulation Model Development, 1986 1Simulation Model Development, 1988 1Simulation Model Development Environments, 1987 1Simulation Model Management: Resolving the Technological Gaps, 1981 1Simulation Model Reuse: Definitions, Benefits and Obstacles, 2003 1Simulation Model Specification, 1994 1Simulation Support, 1987 1So You Have to Write a Term Paper ?, 1984 1Software Integration Testing, 1988 1Software Quality Measurement, 1991 1Software Quality Measurement, 1992 1Software Quality Measurement, 1993 1Software Quality Measurement, 1994 1Some Experimental Observations on the Behavior of Composite Random Number Generators, 1978 1Specification Languages, 1986 1SRGM: A Synergistic Model for Requirements Generation, 2003 1The Abstraction Refinement Model and the Modification-Cost Problem, 1992 1The Conical Methodology, 1986 1The Conical Methodology and the Evolution of the Simulation Model Development, 1994 1The Conical Methodology: A Framework for Simulation Model Development, 1987 1The Conical Methodology: A Framework for Simulation Model Development, 1988 1The Design and Development of an Analyzer for Discrete Event Model Specification, 1989 1The Design and Development of an Analyzer for Discrete Event Model Specifications, 1988 1The Development of Software Engineers, 1979 1The Development of Software Engineers, 1981 1The Establishment and Management of a Software Quality Assessment and Prediction Program, 1997 1The Evaluation of Software Quality: An Empirical Approach to Validation, 1992 1The Mixed Method of Random Number Generation, 1975 1The Objectives and Requirements of Model Management, 1983 1The Paradigm Selection Guide, 2003 1The Simulation Model Development Environment, 1992 1The Time and State Relationships in Simulation Modeling, 1980 1The Use of Simulation in Studying Information Storage and Retrieval Systems, 1968 1Thoughts and Musings on Simulation Education, 2001 1Transactions, 1999 1Transactions of the Society for Computer Simulation, 1987 1Verification and Validation Without Independence: A Recipe for Failure, 1992 1Verification, Validation and Accreditation, 1997 1Visual Simulation Environment Lessons Learned, 2004 1World View Based Discrete Event Model Simplification, 1986 MC 283 Series 2 General Files, 1974-2002 10A Look at Simula 67 8ACM Correspondence 9ACM Movie Committee Folder 9ACM Movie Project Folder 3ACM SIG PLAN Notices, 1993 2Advance Research Team - Verification, Validation and Evaluation of Expert Systems 12Annals of Operations Research - Book 8Announcement and Call for Papers 14Articles and Reprints - Software Engineering Principles 9Articles, Correspondence and Reprints - Nance 14Assessing Software Quality - Thesis - Gary Neal Bundy 12ASU Newsletter - Various Issues, 1981 - 1998 12ASU Newsletter - Various Issues, 1981 - 1998 11AT Simulation Paper 2Automated Software Quality Assurance 8Ayani, Rassul 12Background Papers - Guild, James 4Beams, Jay - Project for CS 5160 7Blue Ribbon Panel Review of the Upgraded TMPC Phase II - Panel Report 5Burroughs Operational Systems Simulator 6C.A.C.I. (Notebook) 14Case Studies from ACM 13Case, David L. - Dahlgren 7CDC 6500 System Notebook 3CDC 6700 Use - Folder 2Chapter 3 - Output Analysis 8Cheng, Russell 7Combat Systems Engineering - Overhead Transparencies 4Combined Discrete Event/Continuous Systems Simulation 8Communications with ACM Headquarters 10Comp. Sci. 12Computer Modelling for Discrete Simulation 5Computer Print Outs 2Computer Science and Technology 14Computer Science and Technology - U.S. Dept. of Commerce 6Computers in Your Life (3/4 " Video)- 10Computing for Humanities and the Arts 10Computing for Humanities and the Arts - Overhead Transparencies 2Computing Technology: A Seminar for Senior Executives 12Computing with Multiple Microprocessors 14Concept of Operational Software Quality Metrics 5Continuous Simulation and Combined Simulation in SIMSCRIPT II.5 4Control and Simulation Language 4Conversational Modeling Language 3Correspondence and Reprints - Random Number Generators 8Correspondence Editorial Advisory Board 4Correspondence, Notes and Bulletins - GPSS 2Cost Modeling Formalism for Complex Systems Engineering 9Data Transfer Architectures 9Dean Evaluation Committee 2Defense Technical Information Center - Technical Report 2Definition of a Model Development Environment - Proposal to the Combat Systems Dept., 1982 11Diagnostic Techniques 11Diagnostic Techniques 4Digital Computer Simulation - Rand Corporation, 1967 4Digital Computing Simulation - Rand Corporation, 1969 4Disposable Graphic Event Synthesizer 14Distributed Simulation on Multi-Processors 13DOD Simulations -GAO, 1987 10Dynamic Comparison of Two Discrete Simulation Languages 9Dynamic Hierarchy 11Dynamic Hierarchy - New Start Proposal 12Dynamic Quantum Material 12Dynamo User's Manual - Book 10Early Model Development Environment 3Early Presentations Dealing with the Conical Methodology and Simulation Model Representation 12Efficiency and Utilization in Microprocessing Computer Systems 2Efficient and Portable Combined Random Number Generators 14Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology - Vol. 1-6 3Essential Components of Simulation Analysis 6Euroism - European Forum on Simulation Archives (7 Issues) 13Evaluating Computer Communication - Air Force Institute of Technology 5Evaluation for the UNIX History for MDE 13Event Sequencing Program 2Evolutionary Software Model 4Expert Fit - User's Guide 12Expert Fit - User's Guide - Book 4Exploratory Analysis and a Case History of Multiresolution, Multiperspective Modeling - National Defense Research Institute - Rand 2Exploring Hypermedia 4Extended Control and Simulation Language - ECSL, 1978 9Fast Concurrent Simulation Using the Time Warp Mechanism - U.S. Air Force -Rand Corporation, 1982 7Film - Joe Bayner- Allied Film Laboratory 6Film - Roberta Bukar - Association for Computing Machinery 6Film - Sydney Weinstein - ACM 8Fishwick, Paul 12Fordyn - Book 2Formalization of Abstraction and Generalization to the Development of Language Systems for Reverse Engineering - Benjamin Keller, 1994 13FORTRAN, Draft 8Fujimoto, Richard M. 11Further Developments at Barger's Thesis 11Further Developments at Bargers Thesis 5GASP II, 1967 4GASP U.S. Steel 4General Activity Simulation Program - GASP 4General Purpose Systems Simulator - IBM 14German Reprint - History of Technology 8Glasserman, Paul 7GPSS II - SIMULA Notebook 7GPSS V/6000 General Information Manual 13Handouts CS 5224 2Havenge 8Heidelberger, Phil 5History of Discrete Event Simulation Programming Languages 8History of TOMACS 4HOPL II - Paper and Conference Information 13I Think Booklets (4) 13IBM 7090/7094 IBSYS Operating System 5IBM Application Program 13IBM General Information Manual FORTRAN 12IBM Systems Journal 4ICF Information Technology - Correspondence and Survey 11IEEE Software 12Imperial College of Science and Technology 2Improved Batch Means Procedure for Simulation Output Analysis 12Industrial Dynamics - Book 2Insight 6Inter -Sim Notebook 4Interdepartmental Correspondence - Hughes Aircraft 4International Conference on Grand Challenges for Modeling and Simulation, 2002 13International SCS Conference 2002 13Introduction to Computing for Humanities and the Arts 13Introduction to Computing for Humanities and the Arts - Class Notes CS2040 4Introduction to Computing for the Humanities and Arts 2Investigation of Finite Sample Behavior 2Investigation of Finite Sample Behavior 13ISMVL 2002 13Journal of Telecommunications Networks 8L'Ecuyer, Pierre 5Library OR Notebook 2Management Science - Volume 17, 1991 2MARS (binder w/notes) - Multiwarfare Assessment Research System 8MDE Model Notebook 11MDE Research Project 11Measurement, Metrics and Indicators 8Meeting 10/20/89 8Meeting 12/12/93 - Los Angeles 8Meeting 12/6/90 8Meeting 12/8/91 - Phoenix 8Meeting 12/9/90 - New Orleans 8Meeting 3/31/92 - Washington, D.C. 8Meeting WSC 94 Disney World 8Meeting WSC 95 - Arlington,VA 2Methods Class 2Military Operations Research Society - Simulation Validation Workshop Proceedings, 1992 2Military Operations Research, 1999 8Miscellaneous 8Miscellaneous Correspondence 9Miscellaneous Papers - Parallel Computing (some student papers) 10Miscellaneous Simulation Reprints w/some Correspondence 10Miscellaneous Summaries 2Mission Critical Systems Development, 1994 11Model Integration 10Model Management Systems 4Model Representation in Discrete Event Simulation 2Modeling Simulation Reprints 6Modism II 13MODSIM II Reference Manual 3Monte Carlo Method 12MORS Workshop on Simulation Technology 12Naval Surface Weapons Center Packet 3NBS Project: Simulation Documentation Standards 10NBS Report- Final 5NCSUG1, 1966 8Nelson, Barry 2Networked Computing for the 21st Century 11New Approach to Network Reliability Computation 8Nicol, David 8Niederreiter, Harald 7Norden Simulation Language Notebook 11Notes, Clippings, Correspondence, Reprints - 11Notes, Clippings, Reprints - Structured Models 11Numerical Example for Nance and Bhat Paper 8O'Keefe, Robert 3Objectives Principles and Attributes - Kreider, 1990 9Operations Research and Computer Science - Technical Report 10ORSA-TIMS, 1981 8Osman Balci 13Overhead Transparencies - Computer Print Outs 13Overhead Transparencies - Simula 8PADS Stuff 14Performance Evaluation Review 14Perspectives in Software Engineering 3Pin Feed - Computer Print Outs 11Poor Health of Navy Software 9Preliminary Report - The Future of Computing at Carnegie - Mellon University 10Procedures on Simulations 4Proceedings - IBM Scientific Computing Symposium 6Process Indicator Summary (Notebook) 12Process View of Simulation - Book 4Programming by Questionnaire 11Proposed Directory Structure for MDE 5Protocol Design and Analysis for a Dynamic Hierarchical Local Area Network (Notebook) 14Prototype of the Pre-Models Manager 3Pseudo Random Number Generation - Folder 6Q 2248 - Nance 11/1/02 (2 VHS Videotapes) 3Quadratic Random Number Generators 11Queuing Network Analysis of Dynamic Reconfigurability 3Queuing Text - Bhat and Nance 3Queuing Theory CP 6341 9Random Number Generation Process Generators 9Random Number Generator for Small Word Length Computers 2Reengineering Taxonomy and Process 2Reengineering Technology Report Volume 1 2References 8Reitman, Julian 13Report to Congress - Ways to Improve Management of Federally Funded Computer Models 9Reprints 3Reprints - Pseudo Random Numbers - Random Number Generators 3Reprints - Pseudo Random Numbers - Random Number Generators 5Reprints and Correspondence - Simulation 9Reprints, Correspondence and Student Papers - Parallel Simulation, Time Warp Mechanism 8Request for Information 12Requirements for Model Development Environments 14Research Access Reports - Software Engineering 2Research Access Technical Reports - 5 Reports 3Research Diaries - MDE Project 5Research Diaries MDE Project (NCR Notebook) 4Research Report - Computer Science 4Resource Diagrams 11Reuse 11Reverse Engineering 11Reverse Engineering 8Rozenblit, Jerzy 7Russian Simulation Book w/postcard 8Schewtman, Herb 11Selected Papers from Conference on Software Maintenance 3Semi - Markov Processes - Numerical Solutions 4Seven Reports - Simula Information - Norwegian Computing Center 3SIG PLAN Notices, 1978 6SIGPLAN Notices 13SIGPLAN Notices 3SIGPLAN Notices, 1978 6SIM Graphics - Modism II -User's Manual 2Simitech 2007 - Workshop I, 1997 4Simon 75 - Reference Manual, 1976 4Simpi Primer 5SIMPL/I, 1976 12Simscript II - Book 2Simula 67 12Simula 67 - Nance 12Simula Begin - Book 4Simula Information 2Simula Information - 3 Volumes 4Simula Information - Norwegian Computing Center 5Simula Information - Norwegian Computing Center 5Simulation 80 Course - Defective: Missing Page 5Simulation Analysis with a Special Purpose Simulation Language, 1972 3Simulation Folder 4Simulation Language 10Simulation Model Management 5Simulation Overhead Transparencies 2Simulation Programming Languages 5Simulation Programming Languages 4Simulation Reports and Reprints 5Simulation Reprints 10Simulation SimScript 10Simulation Software -Committee Newsletter No. 10, 1982 4Simulation Study Group - OR Society, 2002 13Simulation Workshop, Agenda 2SIMVAL Workshop 99 4SLAM II 11Software Maintenance 14Software Maintenance Articles 11Software Maintenance Issues 14Software Reengineering Workshop, 1992 11Specification Languages 11SPL Paper- Draft 9SQA Backup 10Statistical Considerations in Simulations 2Statistical Software Engineering 8Steve Roberts 4Summary of the Workshop on Simulation Languages - University of Pennsylvania, 1966 2Supportability Assessment and Evaluation During System Architecture Formulation and Development 11Symbolic Execution Graph Research 4System Description and the Delta Language 10Systems and Controls 2Systems Engineering Capability Maturity Model, Version 1.0 9Systems Modeling Corporation 13Systems Simulation 2Target Representations for Reverse Engineering 10TC3 and CISMOL Material 2Techniques of Random Number Generation 4Tenth Annual Simulation Symposium, 1977 9Terminating Asynchronous Parallel Simulations - Thesis - D.S. Richardson 6Thesis - Venkateshwaran 4Three Reports - Swedish National Defense Institute, 1976 3Through A Glass Dimly - NSWC Presentation 8TIMS College on Simulation Newsletter 8TOMACS 8TOMACS Review Form 6Tomahawk Weapon Control System - Briefing of Final Report for Tomahawk Managerial and Engineering Personnel 8Tuncer I. Oren 4Two Reports - Simula Information - Norwegian Computing Center, 1974 4University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee - Correspondence, 1975 12Urban Dynamics - Book 5Virginia Tech -Correspondence and Research Proposal, 1982 2Visual Simulation vs. The Arena 11Wallace, Jack, Papers with 6What Makes a Modeling and Simulation Professional? (Notebook) 5Why AAA is not Enough 10Winter Simulation Conference - Correspondence/Notes, 1981 2Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings 2Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings 9Winter Simulation Conference, 1990 11Wolverton, Wayne A.