┌---------------------------------------┐ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Personality ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ └---------------------------------------┘ (C) Steven Peters (W)PAWEL/RS SPC> In the last issue, the section "Personality" was solemnly closed, but to my surprise there were people who were upset asked: “The personality is still closed ?" and I had to confirm this... After deliberation, it was decided to leave “Personality”, but choose such content for her tion that best suits the tastes ALL readers. In the previous "Personality" there was humorous slant and he seemed to like it Xia, now for a more complete choice, I offer an article with a fantastic slant. Time will tell whether this genre is successful. And those- first, the story itself: First principle. Harvey Garrison, professor, developed shaft for computers, all kinds of scientific and practical applications good programs. Hisknowledge and skills you highly valued in the scientific world. The company is generous paid for his work. However, Harrison had one more thing to do, which no one suspected. He read detectives in their free time. His was more interested in unraveling and determining the story of murderers in detective novels. But, to Unfortunately, Harrison's successes were deplorable. And one day Harrison openly admitted his defeat to boss John Duxon - director of the computing laboratory, when Yes, they had breakfast in a cafe. “You know, John,” he said annoyedly. Harrison, - over the past eight years, I have... people two thousand four hundred thirty nine detectives. This is an average of one book per one and two tenths of a day. - What a horror! - exclaimed Daxon. - You read so fast, detectives! Unfortunately Rather than laziness, I prefer science fiction. Detectives I'm not interested, there's too much blood vi. “I agree with you, John,” continued Harrison. - But I'm most interested in- the solution to the murderers is in the way and here I am extremely uneasy lucky. You see, from all the books I've read only in eighty-three did I manage to determine share the killer. These are some measly three percent. - You really don’tlucky - the interlocutor sympathized. - Sorry me- Nya, Harvey, I'm in a hurry. I don’t even know what you need help. Daxon rose from the table and directed- towards the exit of the cafe. However, realizing that he hasty departure was not tactful in relation to to Harrison, he returned and said a few insignificant phrases: - Stop torturing yourself, Harvey. If does this really bother you so much, so- install the program and let the computer unravel reveals detectives. Smiling, Daxon left his colleague. lieu, who only managed to say: - What will be the benefit of this? The next day Harrison sat at his table and looked thoughtfully at the ceiling. Him Daxon's words came to mind, and then the brain Harrison began to work in a different direction - lenition. The computer solves the problem, the detective is same task. Needs to be sorted evidence, interpret it appropriately Thus, develop a system of logical conclusions and the solution is ready. There's nothing here complex, the computer solved problems and complex her. Harrison smiled widely. Project "De- tective" was born and now all that remains is implement it. The next few months Harrison worked hard in the evenings andon weekends days. All information was collected from other books given by Harrison. The main characters, me- methods of murder, motives for committing a crime information, all kinds of evidence, information about the investigation kah and victims, as well as a host of others information - everything was translated into machine language is entered into the computer. Upon completion of the preliminary work Harrison decided to analyze the data. - How are murders committed? - he asked the computer a question. Instantly the display screen showed answer: blow to the head - 2143 cases; firearms - 510 cases; knife - 316 cases; strangulation - 283 cases; poisoning - 115 cases... and so yes- further, up to the explosion of a bomb hidden in an egg that exploded when torn off label glued to the shell - one case; and another one when the victim was imprisoned in a barrel and thrown into a waterfall. The next question was: “motives for committing murder?" And again the instant answer: selfish, desire for power, revenge, fear of exposure, etc., etc., up to deprivation for killing a beloved cat - one case. Harrison asked the computer a question forquestion, entered the answers into the machine’s memory, endowing her with experiences related to frequency phenomena among many variables. Then all data was corrected with each other, which made it possible to receive answers to questions of the following type: "Is there a connection between the gender of the victim and the sex of the killer?" "Who solves crimes better: l- detectives or professionals? "What is the number of pages of a book related to?" "Is there a connection between the author of the book- gi and the motive for the murder? And so on. The next step in statistical analysis data - select from many variables a small number of elements defining various aspects of detective work nia. For example, one author invariably writes a story where the killer is always a woman shina. She is usually tracked down by a male child- tive and exposes it to society, sometimes he shoots her with his .45 pistol caliber on the last pages of the novel. Very often there are works where a group of people is cut off by bad weather from the rest of the world in the old house or in the distance it to the tourist base and then turn around Tragic events occur. Having completed this work, Harrison compiled program that allows you to use all those knowledge thatwere put into the computer. On- Lastly, he entered a number of rules into the computer and restrictions. For example, it is not ethical to do the killer of the detective himself. Control- The program test showed who killed - tsa. And so the computer solved all the murderers in all two and a half thousand novels, given information about which were entered into the car. Harvey Harrison was pleased with his program frame. And he decided to take the last step - check whether the computer is able to detect cast a murderer in those works that he I haven’t read it yet and the data about which I haven’t included us into the computer memory. For example, Harry- the dream took Agatha Christie's book "Easy to Kill" which I was going to read. He laid data into the computer and asked the question: - Who is the killer? The computer worked silently for several minutes, blinking their lights, and finally gave the answer. Harrison, reading to the end book, silently looked at the printed answer sheet on the computer. Then again went deep into reading. But when he finished read the detective, let out an enthusiastic cry, ran to the computer and kissed it tenderly shaft The car was silent, not paying attention on human emotions. “You’re right,” Harry typed on the terminal. dream. "Thank you. I did what you told me to do." taught" - answeredcomputer. "Of course you are a mechanical toy, that's “I’m a genius,” Harrison typed. "Arrogance and conceit leads to rapid fall," the computer answered. Harrison winced - the computer is p-p- The younger one interpreted proverbs in his own way. He should have written: "From the great to the ridiculous - "It's just one step," and the computer... To be continued...
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