The Database Designer's Workbench.

Abstract

The Database Design and Evaluation Workbench is a graphics-oriented decision support system for both centralized and distributed database design. A prototype system called the Database Designer's Workbench (DDW) has been implemented on MULTICS and is currently undergoing extensive testing. The prototype is written in PASCAL and LISP, and it contains the basic tools to aid in both the conceptual and implementation (logical) design stages and for data allocation to nodes in a computer network. It demonstrates the feasibility of the Workbench concept for small database design problems. This paper presents the functional specification for the Database Design and Evaluation Workbench. It is organized about the four major components: Methodology, database analysis and design tools, the user interface, and the system architecture. Keywords: Interactive Systems; Human-Machine Interface; Computer-aided design.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA180745

Entities

People

  • Richard E. Cobb
  • Toby J. Teorey

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Networks
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Graphics
  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Laboratory Procedures
  • Networks
  • Prototypes
  • Specifications
  • Test And Evaluation
  • User Interface

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Software Engineering.