Managing A Nation: The Microcomputer Software Catalog--second Edition

by Gerald O. Barney (Editor), W. Brian Kreutzer (Editor), Martha J. Garrett (Editor)

Overview

This book is a collection of reviews of microcomputer programs of special relevance to those people around the world who are responsible for the management of the current and future affairs and business of their countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367012380
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/02/2019
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	7.94(w) x 10.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gerald O. Barney is the founder and Executive Director of the Institute for 21st Century Studies. He directed the research for the U.S. Government's study, The Globa/2000 Report to the President, and has published several books and numerous articles concerning global development, justice, environment, and security. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in fusion energy physics. Martha J. Garrett is the Institute's European Representative. After joining the Institute in 1986, she has devoted most of her attention to the training of national 21st Century Study teams and to their software needs and management problems. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina in zoology with emphasis on ecology. W. Brian Kreutzer was the Institute's principal researcher for Managing a Nation until 1988 when he moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to join Gould-Kreutzer Associates, Inc., as Vice President for Research and Development. He is a specialist in gaming interfaces for computer simulations. His degrees include computer science and information management.

Table of Contents

Ordering Information — Introduction — Introduction — Sectoral Software — Agriculture — Demography, Health, and Education — Economy and Industry — Energy — Environment and Ecology — Natural Resources — National Security — Politics — Rural and Urban Development — Transportation and Communication — Integrated Models — Multisectoral National Models — Global Models — Tools — A Skeptic’s Guide to Computer Models — Sources of Data — Modeling Languages — Geographic Information Systems — Artificial Intelligence: Present and Future Significance for Governments — Catalogs, Books, and Newsletters — Appendix