Hans Peter Luhn
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German-American computer scientist
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Why Is Hans Peter Luhn Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Hans Peter Luhn was a German researcher in the field of computer science and Library & Information Science for IBM, and creator of the Luhn algorithm, KWIC indexing, and Selective dissemination of information . His inventions have found applications in diverse areas like computer science, the textile industry, linguistics, and information science. He was awarded over 80 patents.
Hans Peter Luhn's Published Works
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Published Works
- The Automatic Creation of Literature Abstracts (1958) (3337)
- A Statistical Approach to Mechanized Encoding and Searching of Literary Information (1957) (1039)
- A Business Intelligence System (1958) (675)
- Key word‐in‐context index for technical literature (kwic index) (1960) (186)
- Selective dissemination of new scientific information with the aid of electronic processing equipment (1961) (51)
- A stoical approach to mechanized encoding and searching of literary information (1957) (44)
- A new method of recording and searching information (1953) (39)
- Automation and scientific communication : short papers contributed to the theme sessions of the 26th annual meeting of the American Documentation Institute at Chicago, Pick-Congress Hotel, October 6-11, 1963 (1965) (4)
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