Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 76, No. 1 (Jan., 1979), pp. 396-399 (4 pages) Truncation selection is known to be the most efficient form of ...

Truncation is a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule that states that merchants must shorten credit and debit card information printed on certain receipts. Truncation is the requirement mandated by the ...