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Newspaper clipping: "Sullivan, MO., Boy, 5, Has Mentality Double His Age: Johnnie Warfield Reads Fluently and Does Simple Arithmetic-High Intelligence Rating," January 23, 1931

Anonymous (St. Louis Post Dispatch, 1931-01-23)

Article in newspaper describing then five-year-old John Warfield's higher-than-average intelligence. John N. Warfield Collection 98.15
Dissertation: "Synthesis of Slowly-Variable Systems," August 1952

Warfield, John (1952-08)

Warfield's dissertation for his Doctorate of Philosophy from Purdue University.
Photo: "Short Course on Design of Digital Control Circuits" - Professors and Staff, 1953

Anonymous (1953)

This 1953 photo shows Warfield with colleagues at the "Short Course on Design of Digital Control Circuits" in Murray Hill, N.J. Warfield is in the third row, fourth from the right. John N. Warfield Collection 6.2
Master's Thesis: "A Table of Steady-State Transforms," August 20, 1953

Warfield, John; Waidelich, D. L. (University of Missouri, 1953-08-20)

Published version of John N. Warfield's thesis for his Master's degree under Dr. D.L. Waidelich, at the University of Missouri. Originally written in 1948, it was published as a 16-page report in a 1953 University of ...
Front cover: The Pennsylvania State Engineering Review, Summer 1954

Anonymous (Industrial Reference Division, Department of Engineering Research, College of Engineering and Architecture. The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania., 1954)

Cover art featuring photograph of John N. Warfield (right) and H. I. Tarpley at the controls of an analog computer in the Electrical Engineering lab at Pennsylvania State University. John N. Warfield Collection 3.16
Paper: "Systems Engineering"

Warfield, John (Ordnance Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, 1955-08-10)

In this 1955 paper written for the Ordnance Research Laboratory at Pennsylvania State University, Warfield provides a high level overview of systems engineering. At the time, systems engineering was a new field, searching ...
Paper: "On the Design of a Creative Machine," 1958

Warfield, John (1958)

Third version of 1958 working paper written while Warfield was at Purdue University. Discusses the possibilities for the future of digital computers and potential of a "creative machine." Deals with questions such as: ...
Paper: "Universal Design Curves for Varactor Voltage-tuned Circuits," March 1966

Warfield, John (1966-03)

A paper Warfield wrote while on a sabbatical leave from the University of Kansas. The paper offers a set if universal design curves from which key design values can be obtained for most design problems involving varactor ...
Patent: Double Bridge Network for Producing Signals Having A Modulation Envelope Phase Difference, June 27, 1967

Warfield, John (United States Patent Office, 1967-06-27)

Warfield's patent for Double Bridge Network for Producing Signals Having A Modulation Envelope Phase Difference. The original name for the patent was "Electronic Goniometer." Includes schematic and summary narrative. He ...
Patent: Digital Squelch System, April 8, 1969

Warfield, John (United States Patent Office, 1969-04-08)

Warfield's patent for Digital Squelch System. Includes schematic and summary narrative. He signed over the patent rights to his employer Wilcox Electric Co., of Kansas City, MO. The original application was filed August ...
Paper: "A Critique of the Policy Process," 1974

Warfield, John (1974)

In this paper, Warfield critiques the way in which the federal government makes and enforces laws and regulations. He identifies and describes seven general problems: Churchill Disease, Royal Society Complex, Dry-Hole ...
Paper: "Compromising the Future: The Problem of Bounding Utility Measures for Technological Endeavors," February 23, 1976

Warfield, John (1976-02-23)

Warfield begins this essay by tracing the history of the debate over ethics in Science, pointing out that there has never been a uniform standard. To remedy this, he suggests that an informal "Bureau of Standards" should ...
Paper: "Relations and Decision Making," April, 1976

Warfield, John; Fertig, Janet (1976-04)

This paper discusses the selection of contextual relations when taking decisions. Proper selection of contextual relations will shorten decision time without lowering the quality of the decision. Three different types ...
Paper: "Extending Interpretive Structural Modeling," April 1976

Warfield, John (1976-04)

A paper in which Warfield details some of the early theory and applications of Interpretive Structural Modeling. It was presented at the Seventh Annual Pittsburgh Conference on Modeling and Simulation. John N. Warfield ...
Paper: "Understanding Delta Charts," July 14, 1978

Warfield, John (1978-07-14)

A paper that explains the DELTA chart's terminology and use. It compares the DELTA chart with regular prose and shows how the chart is better suited to describe sequences. DELTA is an acronym for the words Decision, ...
Paper: "Bringing Graphics Down to Earth, December 11," 1978

Warfield, John (1978-12-11)

This paper discusses the benefits of using graphics as aids in education. The goal of the paper, as stated by Warfield, is to simplify graphical techniques so that teachers would be able to use them. John N. Warfield ...
Paper: "History and Applications of Interpretive Structural Modeling," May 23, 1979

Warfield, John (1979-05-23)

In this paper, Warfield outlines some of the basic concepts of Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM). Using matrices, figures, and flow-charts, Warfield explains how the symbolic language that accompanies ISM works. He ...
Paper: "The Center for Interactive Management," October 1981

Warfield, John (1981-10)

This spiral bound 1981 document was the first brochure ever produced for the new Center for Interactive Management at the University of Virginia. Warfield designed the logo seen on the cover. John N. Warfield Collection 90.4
Paper: "Current Thinking and Practice Concerning Decision Situation Rooms," December 1981

Warfield, John (1981-12)

A paper discussing recent developments in the decision-situation or decision seminar room. Discusses five different types of rooms: conference room, war room, management science room, social planetarium and the Demosophia. ...
Paper: "The Options Field Methodology for Design," December 1981

Warfield, John (1981-12)

Step-by-step description of Options Field method, followed by figures and graphs demonstrating examples of its use. This paper has more of a technical mathematical approach, and has no mention of the often-used movie ...

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