Trained as a physicist I was first a "rocket scientist" developing space satellite payloads for the US government. Then I became Director of Interdisciplinary Program Development at the University of Southern California where, among other things, I developed research on telecommuting/telework. I then moved to USC's Center for Futures Research to head its information technology program. After retiring from USC I continue work on telework and on climate change. Address: 971 Stonehill Lane, Los Angeles, CA 90049
This research program is concerned with the identification of legal, jurisdictional, environmenta... more This research program is concerned with the identification of legal, jurisdictional, environmental, institutional, and other nontechnological barriers to the development of solar energy technologies in general, and OTEC in particular, and with the formulation of ...
This report is part of the RAND Corporation draft series. The unrestricted draft was a product of... more This report is part of the RAND Corporation draft series. The unrestricted draft was a product of the RAND Corporation from 1993 to 2003 that represented preliminary or prepublication versions of other more formal RAND products for distribution to appropriate external audiences. ...
This article investigates the possibility of reducing home to work journeys by telecommuting. An ... more This article investigates the possibility of reducing home to work journeys by telecommuting. An attempt is made to assess (1) its economic feasibility, (2) the technological base required to make it feasible, and (3) its acceptability to the people who would use the system. The economics of telecommuting were investigated by examining the feasibility of operating the regional administrative office of a national insurance company in a dispersed manner. Analysis of the communications requirements of the employees showed that they could be relocated in several sites nearer their homes. Computer terminals connected by telephone lines were adequate to transmit information between the sites. The savings associated with the dispersion were then calculated. To assess the acceptability of the system, the attitudinal aspects of communications used by participants in the interactive instructional television systems at the University of Stanford and the University of Southern California were studied. The survey results indicated a high degree of acceptance of the system. /TRRL/
The Global Trends 2030 Report is clearly the work of many hands, but little attention has been pa... more The Global Trends 2030 Report is clearly the work of many hands, but little attention has been paid to determining the relative likelihood of different alternatives, or assessing the possible domino effects from important trends.
Technological developments in the computer field might make possible automation of the dispensati... more Technological developments in the computer field might make possible automation of the dispensation of services and dispensation of goods, understanding of natural language, new ways for educating and entertaining mankind, new ways of communicating, conducting business, and ...
The telecommuting research project to be described here was partially funded by the National Scie... more The telecommuting research project to be described here was partially funded by the National Science Foundation and was concerned with the locations of businesses within cities with particular emphasis on the phenomenon of commutation to work. The major questions addressed by the project are: How easily and how effectively and under what circumstances can we substitute a computer terminal or similar device for a private automobile in the work situation? What is likely to be the consequence of this replacement if it occurs on a large scale? A case study is presented.
N ADDITION TO ALL OF THE overnight sensations pummeling IT m;ln;igcrs today, another force has be... more N ADDITION TO ALL OF THE overnight sensations pummeling IT m;ln;igcrs today, another force has been building for more than 20 years: telecommuting and teleworking.' Teleworking is the use of information technology to parti:illy or totally replace work-rclated travel. In otl~cr ...
Jack M. Nilles, et al. The Telecommunications-Transportation Tradeoff (New York: Wiley-Interscien... more Jack M. Nilles, et al. The Telecommunications-Transportation Tradeoff (New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1976--$22.95) Geoffrey Wilson's The Old Telegraphs [London: Phillimore (Totowa, N.J.: Rowman and Littlefield), 1976--£7.50 with U.S. price of $18.75] Information Resources Policy, Annual Report 1975- 76 (two volumes, $23.50, paper, 36 and 49 pp.) Information Logistics: Local Distribution (Delivery) of Information, by Wallace P. Wormley (August 1976, 89 pp., $10.90, paper) Separations Procedures in the Telephone Industry: The Historical Origins of a Public Policy, by James W. Sichter (August 1976, 146 pp., $10.90, paper)
This research program is concerned with the identification of legal, jurisdictional, environmenta... more This research program is concerned with the identification of legal, jurisdictional, environmental, institutional, and other nontechnological barriers to the development of solar energy technologies in general, and OTEC in particular, and with the formulation of ...
This report is part of the RAND Corporation draft series. The unrestricted draft was a product of... more This report is part of the RAND Corporation draft series. The unrestricted draft was a product of the RAND Corporation from 1993 to 2003 that represented preliminary or prepublication versions of other more formal RAND products for distribution to appropriate external audiences. ...
This article investigates the possibility of reducing home to work journeys by telecommuting. An ... more This article investigates the possibility of reducing home to work journeys by telecommuting. An attempt is made to assess (1) its economic feasibility, (2) the technological base required to make it feasible, and (3) its acceptability to the people who would use the system. The economics of telecommuting were investigated by examining the feasibility of operating the regional administrative office of a national insurance company in a dispersed manner. Analysis of the communications requirements of the employees showed that they could be relocated in several sites nearer their homes. Computer terminals connected by telephone lines were adequate to transmit information between the sites. The savings associated with the dispersion were then calculated. To assess the acceptability of the system, the attitudinal aspects of communications used by participants in the interactive instructional television systems at the University of Stanford and the University of Southern California were studied. The survey results indicated a high degree of acceptance of the system. /TRRL/
The Global Trends 2030 Report is clearly the work of many hands, but little attention has been pa... more The Global Trends 2030 Report is clearly the work of many hands, but little attention has been paid to determining the relative likelihood of different alternatives, or assessing the possible domino effects from important trends.
Technological developments in the computer field might make possible automation of the dispensati... more Technological developments in the computer field might make possible automation of the dispensation of services and dispensation of goods, understanding of natural language, new ways for educating and entertaining mankind, new ways of communicating, conducting business, and ...
The telecommuting research project to be described here was partially funded by the National Scie... more The telecommuting research project to be described here was partially funded by the National Science Foundation and was concerned with the locations of businesses within cities with particular emphasis on the phenomenon of commutation to work. The major questions addressed by the project are: How easily and how effectively and under what circumstances can we substitute a computer terminal or similar device for a private automobile in the work situation? What is likely to be the consequence of this replacement if it occurs on a large scale? A case study is presented.
N ADDITION TO ALL OF THE overnight sensations pummeling IT m;ln;igcrs today, another force has be... more N ADDITION TO ALL OF THE overnight sensations pummeling IT m;ln;igcrs today, another force has been building for more than 20 years: telecommuting and teleworking.' Teleworking is the use of information technology to parti:illy or totally replace work-rclated travel. In otl~cr ...
Jack M. Nilles, et al. The Telecommunications-Transportation Tradeoff (New York: Wiley-Interscien... more Jack M. Nilles, et al. The Telecommunications-Transportation Tradeoff (New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1976--$22.95) Geoffrey Wilson's The Old Telegraphs [London: Phillimore (Totowa, N.J.: Rowman and Littlefield), 1976--£7.50 with U.S. price of $18.75] Information Resources Policy, Annual Report 1975- 76 (two volumes, $23.50, paper, 36 and 49 pp.) Information Logistics: Local Distribution (Delivery) of Information, by Wallace P. Wormley (August 1976, 89 pp., $10.90, paper) Separations Procedures in the Telephone Industry: The Historical Origins of a Public Policy, by James W. Sichter (August 1976, 146 pp., $10.90, paper)
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