Quantitative Methods for Information Processing Systems Evaluation

Abstract

The VECTOR process is a new procedure for producing quantitative, objective estimates of the performance of digital computer systems. The essence of the VECTOR process is the production of descriptions, in standardized formats, of the characteristics of each problem to be solved and each computer system to be considered. Furthermore, the method provides a series of synthetic measures of application unknowns, which when adapted to the variations in each computer system design enable the subjective considerations of system evaluations to be removed. Then, by means of straightforward calculations, the estimated processing time for a specific application on a specific computer configuration can readily be produced through a standard procedure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0435557

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  • Alan Taylor
  • John R. Hillegass
  • Norman Statland

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  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

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  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • Data Processing Equipment
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Data Transmission
  • Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Language
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Processing Equipment
  • Standards
  • United States

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  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Regression Analysis.