The Impact of High Inflation Rates on the Demand for Air Passenger Transportation. Richard L. Vitek and Nawal K. Taneja. Flight Transportation Laboratory, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139. May 1975. 117p. $5

1976 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-33
1985 ◽  
Vol 1 (S1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
David DeLucia ◽  
Emil Pascarelli

A study conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology concluded that in a large city, a minimum of eight ambulances per 500,000 population was desirable to assure a reasonable response time.How does a large city with less than this suggested minimum make best use of its available ambulance units ?A three week study was conducted in New York City to examine the impact of various dispatching procedures on response time, “backlog”, availability of “back-up” units and patient care.


AI Magazine ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 94-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth D. Forbus ◽  
Benjamin Kuipers ◽  
Henry Lieberman

Marvin Minsky, one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence and a renowned mathematicial and computer scientist, died on Sunday, 24 January 2016 of a cerebral hemmorhage. He was 88. In this article, AI scientists Kenneth D. Forbus (Northwestern University), Benjamin Kuipers (University of Michigan), and Henry Lieberman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) recall their interactions with Minksy and briefly recount the impact he had on their lives and their research. A remembrance of Marvin Minsky was held at the AAAI Spring Symposium at Stanford University on March 22. Video remembrances of Minsky by Danny Bobrow, Benjamin Kuipers, Ray Kurzweil, Richard Waldinger, and others can be on the sentient webpage1 or on youtube.com.


AI Magazine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-108
Author(s):  
Kenneth Forbus ◽  
Mark Finlayson

Former president of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Patrick Henry Winston, died July 19, 2019. In this article, former students Kenneth D. Forbus and Mark A. Finlayson provide personal reflections on Winston and the impact he had on their lives and careers.


Author(s):  
GERARDO REYES GUZMÁN

Rudiger Dornbusch, destacado economista del Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), analiza en esta trascendental obra tópicos como inflación, deuda, tipos de cambio, política externa y mercados emergentes. El marco conceptual descansa en la corriente de la escuela de Chicago, la cual parte del principio de que el mercado es el mecanismo que garantiza la creación del progreso en contraste con el Estado, que en su afán por encontrar soluciones perfectas, fracasa regularmente en sus cometidos.


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-301
Author(s):  
Samuel Huang ◽  
Kien Wei Siah ◽  
Detelina Vasileva ◽  
Shirley Chen ◽  
Lita Nelsen ◽  
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