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Conference heron::euro_swas_ai

Title:Europe-Swas-Artificial-Intelligence
Moderator:HERON::BUCHANAN
Created:Fri Jun 03 1988
Last Modified:Thu Aug 04 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:442
Total number of notes:1429

256.0. "Customer Seminar Marketing Data " by GRAPHS::MCGREGOR () Sat Nov 24 1990 16:46

I have a short postscript report which is a summary of the feedback from 
customers who attended the "Emerging Technologies" seminar in October.
It may be of interest to you. 
I tried to find out where the customers saw challenges in their business 
which would be amenable to the emerging technologies, and where they had had
successses to date.

Its in the first reply to this note.

George
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33.2 0 32 (ENEA : ) W
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33.2 0 32 (  Applications to robotics and industrial automation of expert systems and artificial) W
300 -48000 M
(vision.) h
300 -50000 M
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(Applied Software Research SA :) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(   Intelligent scheduling) h
300 -52000 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
69.5 0 32 (Phidia SRL : ) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
69.5 0 32 (TLC \(X.25\) Network Management ; automated computer operations : sched\255) W
300 -53400 M
(uling, monitoring and diagnosis.) h
300 -55400 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Unknown 2 : ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Office Automation, CIM) h
300 -57400 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Landis & Gyr : ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Operator Support \255 Control systems) h
300 -59400 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Telespazio Spa : ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(  None because I am just starting \(tomorow\) on this field.) h
300 -61400 M
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(Dutch Ministry of Agriculture :) h
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(  None yet really.) h
300 -63400 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Dutch Ministry of Agriculture \(2\):) h
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( No experinece yet.) h
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300 -2600 M
80.9 0 32 (System Electronics : ) W
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80.9 0 32 (In this field, you don't need sophisticated tools, but very reliable and) W
300 -4000 M
(simple ones. ) h
300 -6000 M
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5.4 0 32 (   AI is seen as a very important area of computer science to be utilized with the) W
300 -7400 M
(telecoms industry in the coming years.) h
300 -9400 M
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90.3 0 32 (Elettronica San Giorgio :) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
90.3 0 32 (  The process of introducing A.I. in software systems is difficult) W
300 -10800 M
97.8 0 32 (because of many reasons. One is a technical one \(especially integration of A.I. technology) W
300 -12200 M
61.5 0 32 (with traditional software\), but maybe the most important is a cultural/educational one : SW) W
300 -13600 M
(engineers are not trained to work with A.I. methods and tools.) h
300 -15600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
122.8 0 32 (ENEA : ) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
122.8 0 32 (  Support will be welcome in the fields of methodology, development as well as) W
300 -17000 M
(special computing architectures for real time applications.) h
300 -19000 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
92.2 0 32 (Applied Software Research SA :) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
92.2 0 32 (   prototype is now being used as basis for a general pur\255) W
300 -20400 M
(pose applications.) h
300 -22400 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Landis & Gyr :) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
( Very expensive not self justified technology) h
300 -24400 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
80.4 0 32 (Telespazio Spa : ) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
80.4 0 32 (  My company has just started a project about using an expert system for) W
300 -25800 M
15.3 0 32 (observation scheduling problem of an astronomical satellite. I am directly involved into it as) W
300 -27200 M
91.8 0 32 (scientific mission expert. Our knowledge engineer is now working at DEC AI Technology) W
300 -28600 M
(centre in Marlboro.) h
300 -30600 M
300 -32600 M
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/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Response :) h
300 -36600 M
(Lufthansa :) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
( UNIX abd MVS/OS\2552) h
300 -38600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Sandoz AG : ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
( VMS Workstations, X\255Terminals) h
300 -40600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Bosch : ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
( LISP Machines, UNIX Risc Workstation, VAXstation, PC\)) h
300 -42600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Italtel : ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
( TI Explorer \(LISP Machine\); VAX) h
300 -44600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Unknown 1:) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(   SPOKE \(Alcatel\); ONTOS \(Ontologic\).) h
300 -46600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Elettronica San Giorgio :) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(  VAX computers under VMS) h
300 -48600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(ENEA : ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(  VAX/VMX and SUN.) h
300 -50600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Applied Software Research SA :) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(   Built by ourselves \(LISP, C++\)) h
300 -52600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Phidia SRL : ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(HW ; VAX, PC, Macintosh,  SW; LISP, OPS5, Expert Object) h
300 -54600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Unknown 2) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
( : Digital, HP) h
300 -56600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Landis & Gyr :) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
( OPS\2555 + VAXstation 3100 + VMS ) h
300 -58600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Hoffmann\255La\255Roche AG: ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(  DEC workstation 3100, VMS) h
300 -60600 M
300 -62600 M
300 -64600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Comments ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(: ) h
300 -66000 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Applied Software Research SA :) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(    On non DEC HW.) h
300 -68000 M
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97.7 0 32 (o Amongst the crucial business problems which you currently face, which of them do you) W
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300 -6600 M
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/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
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300 -8000 M
11.0 0 32 (System Electronics : ) W
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11.0 0 32 (Maintenance, Comprehension of complex production systems, training) W
300 -9400 M
(of technical staff in presence of high turn over degree.) h
300 -11400 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Lufthansa :) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(  Technical support, diagnostics; strategy development and trending) h
300 -13400 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Sandoz AG : ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
( Text retrieval, Laboratory automation \(monitoring\)) h
300 -15400 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
85.8 0 32 (Bosch : ) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
85.8 0 32 ( Software engineering/Documentation for embeded software; Manufacturing proc\255) W
300 -16800 M
(ess control.) h
300 -18800 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Italtel Defense : ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Data fusion) h
300 -20800 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Italtel : ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
( ) h
6060 -20800 M
(1\) Computer aided design) h
300 -22200 M
6060 -22200 M
(2\) Computer aided documentation) h
300 -24200 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
244.2 0 32 (Elettronica San Giorgio :) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
244.2 0 32 (  Recognition of cursive writing and of totally unconstrained) W
300 -25600 M
(handprinted characters.) h
300 -27600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
33.6 0 32 (ENEA : ) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
33.6 0 32 ( Every technology research project I am involved in can get benefit from emerging) W
300 -29000 M
41.1 0 32 (information technologies. A field which earns a special mention is the automation of manu\255) W
300 -30400 M
(facturing processes in small firms.) h
300 -32400 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
202.8 0 32 (Applied Software Research SA :) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
202.8 0 32 (   Environmental models; image processing; configura\255) W
300 -33800 M
(tions; maintenance.) h
300 -35800 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
149.4 0 32 (Phidia SRL : ) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
149.4 0 32 (Environmental pollution monitoring system, Air quality data interpretation;) W
300 -37200 M
133.3 0 32 (real\255time Systems Management; text/image/voice storing and retrieval; Intelligent tutoring) W
300 -38600 M
(systems. ) h
300 -40600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Unknown 2) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
( : Integration through supply chain) h
300 -42600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(LEICA : ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Customer Oriented infosyst. \(Quoting, etc\) Time\255based\255 infosystems \(EDI e.g.\)) h
300 -44600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Hoffmann\255La\255Roche AG: ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(  Document management) h
300 -46600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(MOD\255IT) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
( : Information retrieval.) h
300 -48600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
238.8 0 32 (Telespazio Spa : ) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
238.8 0 32 (  Space technology, especially mission planning, scheduling and con\255) W
300 -50000 M
(strained resources problems.) h
300 -52000 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Dutch Ministry of Agriculture :) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(  Document handling) h
300 -54000 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Dutch Ministry of Agriculture \(2\):) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
( Business administration.) h
300 -56000 M
300 -58000 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
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(Emerging Technology required :) h
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300 -59400 M
147.1 0 32 (System Electronics : ) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
147.1 0 32 (More advanced query languages \(industrial content based retrieval\);) W
300 -60800 M
(pattern matching, computer aided education and rules based systems for trouble shooting.) h
300 -62800 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Lufthansa :) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
( Natural language I/O ; Image processing.) h
300 -64800 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
154.9 0 32 (Bosch : ) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
154.9 0 32 ( Natural language understanding; automatic translation; Neural networks for real) W
300 -66200 M
(time inspection with optical control.) h
300 -68200 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Italtel Defense : ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
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(Italtel : ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 $
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( ) h
6060 -1200 M
(1\) Incremental interactive expert systems) h
300 -2600 M
6060 -2600 M
(2\) \(Non\) correlated text retrieval and information systems) h
300 -4600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
49.8 0 32 (Elettronica San Giorgio :) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
49.8 0 32 (   Artificial Neural Networks integrated with statistical modelling) W
300 -6000 M
(and AI reasoning tools.) h
300 -8000 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
5.4 0 32 (ENEA : ) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
5.4 0 32 (  CIM technologies \(CAD\255CAM, production control\), intelligent sensors \(eg optical) W
300 -9400 M
38.9 0 32 (and electrical ones\) and more generally CASE technologies needed for every kind of devel\255) W
300 -10800 M
(opments.) h
300 -12800 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Applied Software Research SA :) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(   Neural networks; Rules based systems.) h
300 -14800 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Phidia SRL : ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Neural Networks, Hyper media, expert Systems) h
300 -16800 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Unknown 2: ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Hybrid AI approach) h
300 -18800 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(LEICA :) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
( no new Technology, standard ind. knowledge bases systems) h
300 -20800 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Dutch Ministry of Agriculture :) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(  AI \255 full text retrieval.) h
300 -22800 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Dutch Ministry of Agriculture \(2\):) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
( Scanning and pattern recognition.) h
300 -24200 M
300 -25600 M
300 -27600 M
/x0 p P D
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6060 -31000 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
60.5 0 32 (YES :System Electronics; Sandoz AG; Bosch;  Italtel; ENEA; Landis & Gyr;) W
300 -32400 M
(LEICA ;Hoffmann\255La\255Roche AG;  \255\255>  8 "Yes") h
300 -34400 M
300 -36400 M
6060 -36400 M
153.9 0 32 (NO : Lufthansa; Unknown 1;Elettronica San Giorgio;Applied Software Re\255) W
300 -37800 M
15.8 0 32 (search SA; Phidia SRL) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
15.8 0 32 (; ) W
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
15.8 0 32 (Unknown 2) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
15.8 0 32 (,) W
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15.8 0 32 ( MOD\255IT;Telespazio Spa;Dutch Ministry of Agricul\255) W
300 -39200 M
(ture;Dutch Ministry of Agriculture \(2\).  \255\255>  10 "No") h
300 -41200 M
300 -43200 M
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
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300 -45200 M
6060 -45200 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(1\255 Joint customer/Digital team) h
23340 -45200 M
29100 -45200 M
(12) h
300 -46600 M
6060 -46600 M
(2\255 Customer team/Digital consultancy) h
29100 -46600 M
( 4) h
300 -48000 M
6060 -48000 M
(3\255 Digital turn\255key system) h
23340 -48000 M
29100 -48000 M
300 -49400 M
6060 -49400 M
(4\255 Other organisation) h
17580 -49400 M
23340 -49400 M
29100 -49400 M
300 -51400 M
300 -52800 M
(Your comments :) h
300 -54200 M
(System Electronics : ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(I think that joint team are always the best solution.) h
300 -56200 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Sandoz AG : ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
( DEC should commit more to third party companies.) h
300 -58200 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(ENEA : ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
( Solution 1 is actually adopted.) h
300 -60200 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Applied Software Research SA :) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(   Being informed is main target of my presence here.) h
300 -62200 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(LEICA :) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(  depends on particular project) h
300 -64200 M
300 -66200 M
300 -68200 M
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300 -1200 M
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228.1 0 32 (o What software development SERVICES would you like to see Digital provide in the) W
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300 -2600 M
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300 -4600 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 $
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/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
88.8 0 32 (System Electronics : ) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
88.8 0 32 (Tools and libraries more than packages \(in industrial automation you) W
300 -6000 M
(have a great customizing demand\)) h
300 -8000 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Lufthansa :) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
( Not familiar with today's Services \(in detail\)) h
300 -10000 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
159.5 0 32 (Sandoz AG : ) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
159.5 0 32 ( Provide good integration between Digital and third party products. \(G2 or) W
300 -11400 M
(Nexpert Object to Oracle, RdB etc..\) \(TRS to Basis+ , All\255in\2551\)) h
300 -13400 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
99.8 0 32 (Elettronica San Giorgio :) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
99.8 0 32 (  Provide tool\255kits and libraries of general purpose A.I. methods) W
300 -14800 M
16.8 0 32 (maybe developped by third parties, to be included in application programs that can be deliv\255) W
300 -16200 M
(ered to final customers and users.) h
300 -18200 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
161.6 0 32 (ENEA : ) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
161.6 0 32 ( The customer wants solutions. Digital supplies \(mainly\) tools. The matter is to) W
300 -19600 M
206.4 0 32 (make the tools so powerful that the solution are closer and closer. On the other hand a) W
300 -21000 M
(stronger effort in joint application development is advisable.) h
300 -23000 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Phidia SRL : ) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Technology Transfer, Training) h
300 -25000 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(Unknown 2) h
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
(: Planning and Scheduling) h
300 -27000 M
/Times-BoldItalic-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
5.1 0 32 (Landis & Gyr :) W
/Times-Roman-ISOLatin1 F 1200 o f
5.1 0 32 ( Technical Training & Support about new products, Cooperation and support) W
300 -28400 M
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300 -31800 M
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300 -47400 M
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300 -52800 M
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300 -54200 M
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300 -55600 M
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300 -61600 M
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130.3 0 32 (  Improving. Emerging technologies were not present in DEC's) W
300 -63000 M
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300 -64400 M
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300 -66400 M
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300 -3200 M
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300 -4600 M
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300 -6600 M
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300 -8000 M
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300 -10000 M
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300 -11400 M
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