An Integrated Database Architecture for Systems Studies in Underwater Acoustics

Abstract

An overview of the development of an underwater acoustics database for use in systems studies applications is given. The database is managed by the locally developed Graphical Database Management System (GDBMS). This general purpose database management system has been designed to meet the needs of scientists working with oceanographic data. The important features of the system include the flexibility to handle data in a variety of formats, minimum redundancy storage space, automatic scaling and presentation of data from dissimilar sources (in user specified formats) upon retrieval, and the simple keyword driven operation designed for non-programmer users. Unusual features include the provision for graphical input and output of multi-dimensional data and interfaces to other user computer programs. Examples of several data tables or 'relations' using the GDBMS methods are given. Reference to how the database can be accessed by the Passive Array Sonar Prediction (PASP) code which provides signal excess predictions is also included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA205890

Entities

People

  • A. S. Burgess
  • D. J. Kewley
  • P. S. Keays

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustics
  • Application Software
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Language
  • Mainframe Computers
  • Personnel Management
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Relational Databases
  • Software Development
  • Systems Engineering
  • Three Dimensional
  • Underwater Acoustics

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.
  • Oceanography.

Technology Areas

  • Space