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# Communications of the ACM 1980 — papers

The works of Communications of the ACM published in 1980 that our library holds (publisher: Association for Computing Machinery): 2 works, listed below with the most cited first; each has a page with our summary, its key points and its references.

[**88** works that year](#all) · [**2** works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/communications-of-the-acm/1980/#works) · [**721** citations of these works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/communications-of-the-acm/1980/#works)

## Most cited papers

By their OpenAlex citations; a paper with our summary links to its page here, the others to the original.

1. **[An improved illumination model for shaded display ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358876.358882)**Turner Whitted*1,768 citations*
2. **[The keystroke-level model for user performance time with interactive systems ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358886.358895)**Stuart K. Card, Thomas P. Moran, Allen Newell*1,169 citations*
3. **[Multidimensional divide-and-conquer ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358841.358850)**Jon Louis Bentley*672 citations*
4. **[Learning and reasoning by analogy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/winston-1980-learning-reasoning-analogy/)**Patrick Henry Winston*518 citations · our summary*
5. **[Experience with processes and monitors in Mesa ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358818.358824)**Butler Lampson, David D. Redell*401 citations*
6. **[Measured performance of an Ethernet local network ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/359038.359044)**John F. Shoch, Jon A. Hupp*337 citations*
7. **[Computer programs for detecting and correcting spelling errors ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/359038.359041)**James L. Peterson*334 citations*
8. **[Computer assisted instruction ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358876.358881)**Jack A. Chambers, Jerry W. Sprecher*328 citations*
9. **[A unifying look at data structures ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358841.358852)**Jean E. Vuillemin*279 citations*
10. **[Studying programmer behavior experimentally ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358841.358847)**Ruven Brooks*208 citations*

## All works of the year (88)

The most cited first; 2 with our summary link to their page here, the others to the original.

1. **[An improved illumination model for shaded display ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358876.358882)**Turner Whitted*1,768 citations*
2. **[The keystroke-level model for user performance time with interactive systems ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358886.358895)**Stuart K. Card, Thomas P. Moran, Allen Newell*1,169 citations*
3. **[Multidimensional divide-and-conquer ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358841.358850)**Jon Louis Bentley*672 citations*
4. **[Learning and reasoning by analogy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/winston-1980-learning-reasoning-analogy/)**Patrick Henry Winston*518 citations · our summary*
5. **[Experience with processes and monitors in Mesa ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358818.358824)**Butler Lampson, David D. Redell*401 citations*
6. **[Measured performance of an Ethernet local network ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/359038.359044)**John F. Shoch, Jon A. Hupp*337 citations*
7. **[Computer programs for detecting and correcting spelling errors ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/359038.359041)**James L. Peterson*334 citations*
8. **[Computer assisted instruction ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358876.358881)**Jack A. Chambers, Jerry W. Sprecher*328 citations*
9. **[A unifying look at data structures ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358841.358852)**Jean E. Vuillemin*279 citations*
10. **[Studying programmer behavior experimentally ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358841.358847)**Ruven Brooks*208 citations*
11. **[Decentralized extrema-finding in circular configurations of processors ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/359024.359029)**D. S. Hirschberg, James B. Sinclair*194 citations*
12. **[Scan line methods for displaying parametrically defined surfaces ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358808.358815)**Jeffrey M. Lane, Loren C. Carpenter, Turner Whitted et al.*193 citations*
13. **[Notation as a tool of thought](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/iverson-1980-notation-as-tool-thought/)**Kenneth E. Iverson*189 citations · our summary*
14. **[Region representation ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358826.358836)**Hanan Samet*174 citations*
15. **[Pilot ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358818.358822)**David D. Redell, Yogen K. Dalal, Thomas R. Horsley et al.*169 citations*
16. **[The natural language of interactive systems ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/359015.359018)**Henry Ledgard, John Whiteside, Andrew Singer et al.*165 citations*
17. **[Medusa ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358818.358823)**John K. Ousterhout, Donald A. Scelza, Pradeep S. Sindhu*153 citations*
18. **[Region representation ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358826.358838)**Charles R. Dyer, Azriel Rosenfeld, Hanan Samet*144 citations*
19. **[Minimal perfect hash functions made simple ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358808.358813)**Richard J. Cichelli*137 citations*
20. **[Specification and verification of the UCLA Unix security kernel ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358818.358825)**Bruce J. Walker, Richard A. Kemmerer, Gerald J. Popek*132 citations*
21. **[On folk theorems ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/358886.358892)**David Harel*117 citations*
22. **[Computational algorithms for product form queueing networks ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/359015.359020)**K. Mani Chandy, Charles H. Sauer*116 citations*
23. **[Disk scheduling ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/359024.359034)**Micha Hofri*110 citations*
24. **[Best sorting algorithm for nearly sorted lists ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/359024.359026)**Curtis R. Cook, Do Jin Kim*107 citations*
25. **[Analysis of locking policies in database management systems ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/359015.359021)**Dominique Potier, Ph. Leblanc*92 citations*

[See all 88 papers in Communications of the ACM 1980 — papers →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/communications-of-the-acm/1980/papers/)

## Works with our summary in our library (2)

The most cited first (OpenAlex citations plus our library's).

1. **[Learning and reasoning by analogy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/winston-1980-learning-reasoning-analogy/) [Communications of the ACM](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/communications-of-the-acm/)**Patrick H. Winston*1980 · 527 citations*
2. **[Notation as a tool of thought](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/iverson-1980-notation-as-tool-thought/) [Communications of the ACM](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/communications-of-the-acm/)**Kenneth E. Iverson*1980 · 194 citations*

## Top topics

Topics of its works in our library, with the number of works on each.

[Reasoning (2)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/)

## Fields

[Computer Science (2)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Psychology (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/)

## Top institutions

Institutions on the bylines of its works here, by the number of works.

[🔬**IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center** Yorktown Heights · United States 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/ibm-research-thomas-j-watson-research-center/) · [🎓**Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Cambridge · United States 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/massachusetts-institute-of-technology/)

works and citations from OpenAlex and our library.

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