Showing papers on "Data management published in 1970"
15 Nov 1970
TL;DR: The MacAIMS Data Management System (MADAM) is based on a relational model of data, and employs set-theoretic primitive operations for manipulating data.
Abstract: : The paper describes the MacAIMS Data Management System (MADAM). It begins with a brief discussion of the overall goals of the project, its operating environment (Multics), and its data management requirements. The MADAM system is based on a relational model of data, and employs set-theoretic primitive operations for manipulating data. The basic philosophy of the system and some issues involved in its implementation are described. (Author)
49 citations
TL;DR: This paper described these technologies and discussed how they benefit the implementation of the SAM framework and the importance of functional support structures in science and conservation management is frequently undervalued.
Abstract: ‘Behind all good science is good science support.’ Implementing a successful strategic adaptive management (SAM) framework requires an effective science support structure. This structure must be effective in all areas of data management, starting with data collection and ending with the dissemination of knowledge, to facilitate timeous management decisions and associated actions. Accordingly, South African National Parks has embraced the use of various technologies to enable the effective implementation of a functional support structure. This paper described these technologies and discussed how they benefit the implementation of the SAM framework. Conservation implications: The importance of functional support structures in science and conservation management is frequently undervalued in a system where emphasis is placed on scientific products. In order to promote research and facilitate analysis, sound data management practices are essential to integrating knowledge into an organisation’s institutional memory.
14 citations
01 Jan 1970
TL;DR: In this paper, management sciences represent a significant advance in knowledge on how to control and direct simple issues, and under the pressure of increasingly perceived, complex social issues, efforts are under way also to utilize management sciences for their resolution.
Abstract: : Management sciences represent a significant advance in knowledge on how to control and direct simple issues. Under the pressure of increasingly perceived, complex social issues, efforts are under way also to utilize management sciences for their resolution.
9 citations
01 Jun 1970
TL;DR: The framework outlined is meant to provide an environment in which complex data handling problems can be solved with relative ease, and provides the user with tools sufficient for manipulation of arbitrary complex data bases in the form of an extremely simple interface.
Abstract: Problems inherent in representation and manipulation of large data bases are discussed. Data management is considered as the manipulation of relationships among elements of a data base. A detailed analogy introduces concepts embodied in a data management system. Set theory is used to describe a model for data bases, and operations suitable for manipulation of relations are defined. The architecture chosen for an implementation of the model is illustrated, and a representation of data bases is suggested. A particular implementation, the GOLD STAR system, is investigated and evaluated. The framework outlined is meant to provide an environment in which complex data handling problems can be solved with relative ease. GOLD STAR provides the user with tools sufficient for manipulation of arbitrary complex data bases; these provisions are presented in the form of an extremely simple interface.
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TL;DR: The topic, “A Management Information System---What It is and Why” was suggested by work that was done recently in preparation for the German symposium, ”MIS---A Challenge to Scientific Research.
Abstract: The topic, “A Management Information System---What It is and Why” was suggested by work that I did recently in preparation for the German symposium, “MIS---A Challenge to Scientific Research.” In reviewing my own ideas about management information, I keep coming back to one primary thought, that the only value that information has to management is to allow better decisions to be made.
15 Nov 1970
TL;DR: The capability to interrogate COBOL describable files was added to an existing data base management system, RCA's UL/1 as mentioned in this paper, in order to simplify the extension.
Abstract: The capability to interrogate COBOL describable files was added to an existing data base management system, RCA's UL/1. This paper discusses features of the implementation of UL/1 which tended to facilitate the COBOL additions and which features would have been desirable in order to simplify the extension. The authors believe that as the data base management field evolves, more extensions to the set of files handled by data management systems can be expected. The lessons learned in this implementation could well have broad applicability.
15 Apr 1970
TL;DR: The practical implications and potential uses of computer technology in comprehensive military planning are explored and the application to military planning problems of the ADEPT prototype military computer utility and time-sharing system is extended.
Abstract: : The purpose of the activities described in this report, which have been carried out under the title of Computer-Assisted Planning, has been to explore the practical implications and potential uses of computer technology in comprehensive military planning. These activities have built on earlier work in Computer-Aided Command and extend the application to military planning problems of the ADEPT prototype military computer utility and time-sharing system. Four tasks are reported on: (1) Computation and Communication Tradeoff Studies, which is developing computer-based models for use in the analysis and acquisition of military computer networks; (2) Natural Computer Input and Output, which is directed at the research and implementation considerations associated wit English-language data management, computerized speech recognition and synthesis, and hand-printed mathematical and symbolic input and output (3) Systems Research, focusing on computer-network integration and communication techniques and on the mathematical foundations for computer-program optimization; and (4) Interactive Systems, focusing on techniques and languages for interactive man-machine problem solving and on the extension of the ADEPT time-sharing system to support increasingly sophisticated interactive terminal capabilities.
TL;DR: In this article, a research study that attempted to determine whether top management positions within a specific organization are compatible with management science techniques was conducted. And the results and recommendations of the study are included.
Abstract: Reports a research study that attempted to determine whether top management positions within a specific organization are compatible with management science techniques. A questionnaire was employed to test the feasibility of introducing specific management science concepts. The results and recommendations of the study are included. It is hoped that the methodology reported, especially the questionnaire design, will be of use in future related research.
DOI•
01 Jan 1970
TL;DR: A relational data base has been designed to cover the hydrological and meteorological information of Greece on a nationwide basis and was designed in a sufficiently general and flexible manner, so as to accomodate future needs.
Abstract: A relational data base has been designed to cover the hydrological and meteorological information of Greece on a nationwide basis. This paper deals with the part concering Groundwater Hydrology and Hydrogeology. A system is presented for the search and retrieval of this information. The software has been developed using the W4GL of the Ingres DBMS and runs in workstations under Unix X-Windows. The ultimate goal of developing the data base is to acquire a tool for groundwater management. However, there are no specific defined policies in that area, although the nature of the problems is known. Therefore, the system was designed in a sufficiently general and flexible manner, so as to accomodate future needs. The information related to groundwater is organised on the basis of a classification into spatial and temporal categories. Subsequent groups and subgroups of information emanate from this basic division and the whole scheme is depicted in frames logically inter-connected and reflecting an hierarchy in data access. These frames provide a visual overview of all information categories and a suitable environment for the processes of data entry, search, retrieval, query formulation and report production. The data management software depends heavily on SQL search codes. Alternatives of such code commands are applied and discussed.
TL;DR: Data management functions of National Space Science Data Center /NSSDC/, discussing data processing and information system for secondary usage.
Abstract: Data management functions of National Space Science Data Center /NSSDC/, discussing data processing and information system for secondary usage
Journal Article•
TL;DR: The HNDI system provides the capability for collecting, collecting, processing, storing, and displaying highway-related data and information for all public roads in Wisconsin and in the future it will be expanded to INTEGRATE all MODES of TRANSPORTation.
Abstract: THE HIGHWAY NETWORK DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (HNDI) SUPPORTS THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS, A MAJOR FUNCTION OF THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. ALTHOUGH THE SYSTEM IS A PRINCIPAL TOOL IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, IT WAS DESIGNED TO INTERFACE WITH THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAM BUDGET SYSTEMS. HNDI PROVIDES THE CAPABILITY FOR EFFICIENTLY COLLECTING, PROCESSING, STORING, AND DISPLAYING HIGHWAY-RELATED DATA AND INFORMATION FOR ALL PUBLIC ROADS IN WISCONSIN, IN THE FUTURE IT WILL BE EXPANDED TO INTEGRATE ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. THE NUMEROUS INDIVIDUAL DATA FILES OF THE TOTAL INFORMATION SYSTEM ARE COORDINATED THROUGH A COMMON INDEXING SCHEME. THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CONTROL INDEXES AND THE DATA FILES IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THOSE UNITS OF THE ORGANIZATION WHOSE FUNCTION RELATES MOST CLOSELY TO THE DATA BEING FILED. THE INDEXES, THEIR FILE LOCATION, DATA VALIDITY, TIMELINESS, AND UNIFORM DATA DEFINITIONS ARE A PART OF THE SYSTEMS OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR THE DATA SETS AVAILABLE TO USERS OF DATA AND INFORMATION. USERS OF THE SYSTEM WILL BE ABLE TO ASSEMBLE AND RELATE DATA FROM WITHIN HNDI FROM OTHER DEPARTMENT SYSTEMS AND FORMAT THE INFORMATION ACCORDING TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. THE DISPLAY OF THIS INFORMATION IN A GRAFPHIC FORMAT WILL GIVE STAFF AND MANAGEMENT A CLEAR AND CONCISE PICTURE OF PERTINENT INFORMATION FOR AN EFFICIENT ANALYSIS OF HIGHWAY PLANNING PROBLEMS. /AUTHOR/
01 Jan 1970
TL;DR: The File Searching Function is discussed because of the novel feature which has been implemented, the parallel processing of record lists in a generalized file structure, which eliminates redundant retrievals while at the same time reducing the access time of the device on which the records are stored.
Abstract: The purpose of the Supervisor in an Extended Data Management Facility (EDMF) is to direct the Facility's handling of a user's request for service. The Supervisor employs the five main functions of Access Controlling, Retrieval Optimizing, File Searching, Record Validating and Record Formatting in order to accomplish its task. This report is concerned mainly with the design and implementation of the File Searching and Record Validating Functions, although it also covers the Record Formatting Function. The File Searching and Record Validating Functions form that part of the Supervisor which actually controls the retrieval of records from the files of the EDMF. The major part of the report is concerned with discussing the File Searching Function because of the novel feature which has been implemented. This feature is the parallel processing of record lists in a generalized file structure, which eliminates redundant retrievals while at the same time reducing the access time of the device on which the records are stored. The Record Validating Function checks the record for compliance with the user's request and verifies the user's authority to access the record. A validated record is then subject to the Record Formatting Function which outputs it to the user. Comments University of Pennsylvania Department of Computer and Information Science Technical Report No. MSCIS-71-04. This technical report is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/cis_reports/805 University of Pennsylvania 'ME MOORE SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 TECHNICAL REPORT W E FILE SEARCHING, RECORD VALIDATlNG AND RECORD FORMATTING FUNCTIONS OF ME SJPERVISOR FOR AN EXTENDED DATA MANAGEMENT FACILITY
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01 Jan 1970
TL;DR: Experiences with a high-speed high-density systems centered mark-sense data management program are described as applied in chemistry sections of a general hospital clinical laboratories including pertinent advantages and shortcomings.
15 Jun 1970
TL;DR: The two additions to the Data Management System of the Florida State University Computer-Ass Instruction Center are the EDIT Program and the Data Preparation Program, which will hopefully insure greater reliability, be user oriented and offer more flexibility of output for CAI data than the existing set of Florida State university CAI programs.
Abstract: : The document was prepared for the prospective users of two additions to the Data Management System of the Florida State University Computer-Assisted Instruction Center. These two additions are the EDIT Program and the Data Preparation Program. It is assumed that the user has an operational Florida State University Data Management System for the IBM 1500/1800 system. The manual is divided into two sections, a users' manual and a programmers' manual. Examples of output generated by authors of CAI materials are included. However, the output of these programs is still raw data. A statistical system is needed to make descriptive or inferential statements about the data. These extensions will hopefully insure greater reliability, be user oriented and offer more flexibility of output for CAI data than the existing set of Florida State University CAI programs. (Author)
01 Apr 1970