Title
Guide to the Burt Grad General Electric and IBM records
Catalog Number
102726885
Type
Document
Description
This collection contains records from Burt Grad’s work with General Electric and IBM from 1949-1978. Grad did substantial work on factory automation and business systems management, reflected in large projects called the Integrated Systems Project (ISP) and the Study Organization Plan (SOP), both documented in this collection. The collection also contains content about decision tables – a tool Grad developed to map cause-and-effect logic for systems programming purposes. Additional areas of interest include Grad’s work on Application System Development Method (ASDM), factory simulation models, the Productron computer, TABSOL software for automation of decision tables, and more. Materials consist primarily of technical reports and notes, correspondence, manuals and marketing materials for products, and some articles.
Date
1949-1978
Author
Harling, Adrienne; Lott, Sara Chabino
Publisher
Computer History Museum
Extent
4.17 linear feet in 3 record cartons and 1 manuscript box
Category
Finding Aid
Subject
General Electric Company; International Business Machines Corporation; Automation in manufacturing; Computer software—development; Decision logic tables; Grad, Burton
Collection Title
Burt Grad General Electric and IBM records
Credit
Gift of Burton Grad
