Computers and Economic Planning: The Soviet Experience

Preface
Glossary
1 The historical background
	1 Introduction
	2 Early proposals
	3 The 1966 decree and its consequences
	4 The emergence of OGAS
	5 The ninth five-year plan
2 The impact of computers on planning and management: some approaches
	1 The planning algorithms approach
	2 The contribution of information theory
	3 Practice
3 Computers in Gosplan
	1 The development of ASPR
	2 Some models proposed as a basis for ASPR
	3 Gosplan’s approach to ASPR
	4 ASPR in the republics
	5 Information for planning: links with ASN and ASGS
	6 Assessment
4 Computers in Gossnab
	1 Gossnab\'s role in the management process
	2 The development of ASU MTS
	3 A mathematical model of supply planning
	4 Automated management systems in the SGSS
	5 ASU MTS in the economic management system
5 Ministry-level automated management systems (OASU)
	1 The development of OASU
	2 The information and computing systems of an OASU
	3 The functional sub-systems of an OASU
	4 The impact of an OASU
6 Automated systems of enterprise management (ASUP)
	1 The growth of ASUP
	2 How effective are ASUP?
	3 A note on computers in the control of technological processes
7 Conclusion
	1 The economic return to computers in management
	2 How well has the programme been planned and implemented?
	3 The impact of automated management systems on Soviet planning and management
Appendix 1 The Union-Wide Product Classifier
Appendix II Soviet computer technology
Appendix III Some notes on comparisons with the United Kingdom
Notes
Bibliography
Index