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The computer approach to fire protection problems

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With computers coming into more widespread use every day, it is only logical that they find applications in the field of fire protection. They have, in fact, already been used for computing sprinkler system requirements. The authors relate how The Travelers employs the computer and suggest applications to be explored in the future.

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  1. Tarrents, William E., “Application of Inferential Statistics to the Appraisal of Safety Performance,”Journal of the American Society of Safety Engineers, Vol. 12 No. 3, March 1967, pp. 13–21.

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  2. Duke, Henry K., “Property Insurance Rating and the Logic of Chance,”The Annals of the Society of CPCU, December 1966.

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The Travelers Insurance Companies

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Gomberg, A., Cote, A.E. The computer approach to fire protection problems. Fire Technol 3, 202–212 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02601785

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