Status Report of DETAB-X (Decision Table, Experimental)

Solomon L. Pollack

Expert InsightsPublished 1963

A status report on DETAB-X (Decision Tables, Experimental). This potential business language was introduced at a Decision-Table Symposium in New York, 20 September 1962. Decision tables in general are set up in a tabular format containing a set of decision rules based on a given set of conditions. Each decision rule describes the sets of conditions that must be satisfied for a given sequence of actions to be taken. The CODASYL Systems Group developed specifications for DETAB-X, a decision-table structure using modified COBOL-61 for business-problem description. As DETAB-X has proven to be a significant development in data processing and a valuable addition to COBOL, the CODASYL Systems Group will probably propose that DETAB-X be adopted as an addition to COBOL.

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  • Year: 1963
  • Pages: 11
  • Document Number: P-2687

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Pollack, Solomon L., Status Report of DETAB-X (Decision Table, Experimental). Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1963. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P2687.html.
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