Boston Community Information System 1986 Experimental Test Results.

Abstract

This report describes the first year of an experimental test of the Boston Community Information System (Boston COMMINS). The experiment implements new ideas of data communication and database design in the transmission and reception of data. The system offers the Associated Press and New York Times to participants and is provided in exchange for their monthly feedback. During the first year of the experiment, over 200 homes and businesses in the Boston area used and evaluated our system. This report contains all the data we have compiled and analyzed, in addition to a full discussion of several hypotheses and data goals. Among the conclusions drawn, we found the Boston Community Information System provides a useful complement to existing media forms and has proved valuable to the many users in the test population. Keywords: Electronic newspapers; Distributed information systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA187028

Entities

People

  • David A. Segal
  • David K. Gifford
  • Dawn Heitmann
  • Kendra Tanacea
  • Robert G. Cote

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Commerce
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Electronic Publishing
  • Employment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Health Services
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Medical Personnel
  • Operating Systems
  • Radio Equipment
  • Word Processors

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems