2014/07/01 by Thomas Haigh, Mark Priestley, Crispin Rope · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · Computer Science · Mathematics · Social Sciences · #Code (set theory) #Computer science #History of Computing Technologies #International Science and Diplomacy #Mathematics #Monte Carlo method #Programming language #Series (stratigraphy) #Statistics #Twentieth Century Scientific Developments #Von Neumann architecture
paper · doi:10.1109/mahc.2014.40
openalex publication_date 2014/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
In April 1948 a team including John and Klara von Neumann and Nick Metropolis ran the first of a series of calculations on ENIAC. These were not only the first computerized Monte Carlo simulations, but also the first code written in the modern paradigm, usually associated with the "stored program concept," ever to be executed. This article--the third in a three-part series published in Annals--reconstructs the planning, design, code, and operation of these programs from extensive archival records.