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AbstractThis article covers an investigation of the capacity of a network as a function of the capacities of its individual arcs. The case of two variables was investigated in detail, and it was found that each pair of arcs either consistently help each other or consistently hinder each other. Interaction types were computed for a number of special cases, such as arcs in parallel or arcs in series.

A discussion of the importance of communication networks in org's & the role of these networks as related to the type & purposes of the org. Communication is associated with the following steps which bridge the gap between the source of the information & the action taken as a result: source of information, the sensing process, sending, the flight or transportation of the information, receiving, decision making, & the action. A network is the system of communication lines connecting the senders & receivers into a functioning soc org. Monitoring is the system of control over the types of information sent from the various centers. That the objectives of the cooperative people in an org determine the type of network required is illustrated with reference to the following special types of org: the cocktail party, the Ru community, military org's, a team for useful res, the network in teaching, & telephone systems & information retrieval systems. The principle of 'preplay' - in which circumstances are anticipated & actions preformulated - & the monitoring of style in written messages are briefly discussed. I. Taviss.

AbstractA simple computational method, based on the simplex algorithm of linear programming, is proposed for the following problem:"Consider a network (e.g., rail, road, communication network) connecting two given points by way of a number of intermediate points, where each link of the network has a number assigned to it representing its capacity. Assuming a steady state condition, find a maximal flow from one given point to the other."

AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to show, on an example, how rather forbidding algebra may often be avoided by quite elementary considerations concerning flows in a properly constructed flow chart or network. The problem of production smoothing is incidental in the sense that it could have been replaced by other illustrations of the technique.