Data Automation Development and Systems Implementation--Some Problems and Conclusions.

Andrew E. Wessel

Expert InsightsPublished 1967

A discussion of the problems involved in building an information processing system helpful in planning and decisionmaking, and an example in the form of a JOSS program for patent searching (retrieval by index terms). Operational requirements are difficult to state and are constantly changing. System developers and computer manufacturers often talk decision theory but build administrative data flow and control systems--not direct man-computer interaction for higher-level activities, such as patent examination. An example of such an interactive system is the Rand-U.S. Patent Office experimental system, which is implemented on JOSS. We are just now inputting real patent numbers and real index terms. The building of subject index term lists is one of the reasons for the experiment. 30 pp.

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Wessel, Andrew E., Data Automation Development and Systems Implementation--Some Problems and Conclusions. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1967. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3648.html.
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