Index to George J. Friedman, “Constraint Theory Applied to Mathematical Model Consistency and Computational Allowability,” PhD, diss., University of California, Los Angeles, 1967

George Friedman introduced a significant contribution to the field of mathematical modeling with his "Constraint Theory." In 1995, Warfield wrote an index for Friedman's 1967 dissertation, in an effort to assist graduate students and others in understanding Constraint Theory, and in bringing Friedman's fundamental ideas into wider use. The 29 page index is topical, and lists 686 terms as used by Friedman in the dissertation.

Sent to George Mason University in year 2000, a copy of this paper found September 2011 in boxes of John's saved papers, Warfield marked it on his list "SBSOC" meaning Structure Bound(sp?) Science of Complexity, a paper to use as reference on this topic and to save for use by future students. In his 1967 doctoral dissertation, George Friedman introduced a significant contribution to the field of mathematical modeling with his "Constraint Theory." Three articles based on his dissertation were published in the IEEE:SMC journal (edited by Warfield). Later these three articles received the Baker Award, given by IEEE to outstanding papers. (Friedman's professor Cornelius Leondes was co-author.) In 1995, Warfield wrote an index for Friedman's 1967 dissertation, in an effort to assist graduate students and others in understanding Constraint Theory, and in bringing Friedman's fundamental ideas into wider use. The 29 page index is topical, and lists 686 terms as used by Friedman in the dissertation. There are also 19 terms listed without page numbers*, presumably because Warfield knew they were there but couldn't find them later and had to quit without paging them, since our office has no scanner or other tool for search besides Warfield's eyeballs. Friedman's 336 page dissertation was at one time available on microfilm or photocopy, from UMI Dissertation Services, University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Since then UMI became a part of Proquest, and in August 2010 the dissertation is available from Dissertation Express, ProQuest, Ann Arbor, MI . Order Number ATT 6716012. http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/disexpress.shtml

*These are the 19 terms in the index which have no page numbers: Array; Basis; Complete Allowability; Degree; Directional Allowability; Disconnected Component; Extrinsic Point Constraint; Input; Index; Inverted S-Step; Location Algorithm; Mathematical View Model; Rank; Rectangles; Source; Square; Unique Allowability; Vertex, Central; View Model.


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  • Category: Mathematics of Modeling, Modeling, Teaching Materials
  • Size: 205 p & 97 p
  • Description: 1 VIDEO CASSETTE, VHS, SOUND, COLOR, converted to MPEG4
  • Publication Year: 1996
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