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This paper presents some less known details about the work of Yasuo Komamiya in development of the first relay computers using the theory of computing networks that is based on the former work of Oohashi Kan-ichi and Mochiori Goto at the Electrotechnical Laboratory (ETL) of Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan. The work at ETL in the same direction was performed under guidance of Mochinori Goto.
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Stanković, R.S., Sasao, T., Astola, J.T., Yamada, A. (2020). Remarks on the Design of First Digital Computers in Japan - Contributions of Yasuo Komamiya. In: Moreno-Díaz, R., Pichler, F., Quesada-Arencibia, A. (eds) Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2019. EUROCAST 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12013. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45093-9_16
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