THE APPLICATION OF LARGE-SCALE COMPUTERS TO U.S. AIR FORCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Abstract
Two Air Force functions were examined to determine the feasibility of centralizing the tasks at a computer center with remote access. The applications examined: (1) an overall pay system, and (2) a system to aid in the assignment of personnel to jobs, proved interesting in their demands upon large- scale data-handling and manipulation capabilities. Feasibility of both the pay and man-job match systems was shown and each was examined as a time-sharing type of application. The generalized time-sharing model showed centralization of all computational power to be more economical than distributing logical capability to remote stations. Three supporting analytic studies were performed. The first deals with a means for partitioning a large file to permit, in some cases, greatly reduced searching times. The second deals with a mathematical model for a time-shared computer system which allows for analytical calculation of processing times at each terminal as a function of system loading. The third investigates three computational algorithms for performing man-job match calculations. Estimates of processing times are given, and the methods compared.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0629867
Entities
People
- Essie S. Nevans
- John B. Campbell
- John P. Mccabe
Organizations
- General Electric