DATA SYSTEM DESIGN AND CONTROL USING AUTOSATE -AN AUTOMATED DATA SYSTEM ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE,
Abstract
This memorandum describes an automated data system analysis technique (AUTOSATE) designed to alleviate some of the aforementioned problems. It is a technique executed in three phases, which are described in detail in Section II: (1) documenting system data flows, (2) translating the analysis inputs into machine readable form, and (3) preparing a series of analysis reports by computer. The documentation of system data flows includes station interviews and system specification phases during which special data-gathering forms are generated to identify data activity at interview points called stations. Stations are the nodes in a data system network at which data activity is identified with the events that created the data. Translating inputs into machinereadable form, the second phase of AUTOSATE, includes a manual edit and control phase, along with keypunching and card-to-tape operations of the data generated from the documenting phase. Preparing a series of reports by computer occurs in the third phase of the technique (where the data gathered are examined and evaluated), by analyzing station data relationships, characteristics, and storage requirements. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0430136
Entities
People
- D. D. Butler
- E. M. Fairbrother
- O. T. Gatto
Organizations
- RAND Corporation