PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTERCENTERED DATA BASE SYSTEMS (2ND)

Contents: Tutorial papers: State-of-the-art survey of data base systems; Impact of hardware developments on data base systems; Computer-centered data base systems in support of high military command. Five approaches to the same data base problem: Description of the data base problem, Three COLINGO- like approaches to the data base problem, COLINGO D, COLINGO C-10, and ADAM; mark III file management system; On-line data management system for the Massachusetts General Hospital; BEST system; and Integrated data store. Description of SDC data base systems demonstrated at symposium: LUCID; General purpose display system; and ECCO and EPIC. Reports of the work group chairmen; Criteria for going on-line; Entry and query language design; File organization; File sharing and protection; Theory of data base problem definition; Criteria for evaluating data management systems; and Recording for analysis, costing, and control.