Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
This collection contains only two handbooks: Hand Book for The General Simulation Program, Volume 1, by K. D. Tocher, D. G. Owen, R. A. Cuninghame-Green (1959) and Handbook of the General Simulation Program, Volume I (revised) by K. D. Tocher (1960).
K. D. Tocher (1921-1981) was a computer scientist who contributed to the field of computer simulation. He earned degrees from University College London (1941) and the University of London (1946) and the Imperial College London (1952). He worked for United Steel Companies and developed the first discrete-event simulation package, the General Simulation Program (GSP). He was a professor of operational research at the University of Southampton and was awarded the silver medal of the Operational Research Society in 1967. He served as president of this group from 1972-1973.
K. D. Tocher (1921-1981) was a computer scientist who contributed to the field of computer simulation. He earned degrees from University College London (1941) and the University of London (1946) and the Imperial College London (1952). He worked for United Steel Companies and developed the first discrete-event simulation package, the General Simulation Program (GSP). He was a professor of operational research at the University of Southampton and was awarded the silver medal of the Operational Research Society in 1967. He served as president of this group from 1972-1973.
Raymond Cuninghame-Green, emeritus professor at the University of Birmingham, worked as Professor of Industrial Mathematics at the School of Mathematics. He died in 2013.
No information is available on D. G. Owen
This collection contains only two handbooks: Hand Book for The General Simulation Program, Volume 1, by K. D. Tocher, D. G. Owen, R. A. Cuninghame-Green (1959) and Handbook of the General Simulation Program, Volume I (revised) by K. D. Tocher (1960).
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[Identification of item], United Steel Companies Department of Operational Research and Cybernetics Handbooks, 1959-1960, MSS 00419, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Gift of Sally Brailsford, 2017 (Accession 2017.0318)
Processed by: Gwynn Thayer, December 2017; machine-readable finding aid created by: Gwynn Thayer, December 2017.
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[Identification of item], United Steel Companies Department of Operational Research and Cybernetics Handbooks, 1959-1960, MSS 00419, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.