Will the computer ever replace management men in making top business decisions? Hardly, but military experience with SAGE and SACCS proves that when the machines go to work on the line, changes must be made in the command structure. The first step is research which the machine, using simulation models, does to develop a set of management principles. To learn what happens next and what may happen in the very near future, read this article.
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