The 1984 Olympic Message System: a test of behavioral principles of system design
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Communications of the ACM
- Vol. 30 (9), 758-769
- https://doi.org/10.1145/30401.30402
Abstract
There was more than athletic talent being pressed to peak performance at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Behind the scenes, a multilingual Olympic Message System ran round-the-clock keeping more than 10,000 athletes and officials in contact with families and friends, both far and near.Keywords
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