The Relational Approach to the Management of Data Bases

Abstract

The ultimate goal of Project MacAIMS (MAC Advanced Interactive Management System) is to build a computer facility which will be able to support non-trivial decision making processes. (See reference 4). In the early stages of our experiments we discovered that traditional approaches to the management of data bases do not satisfy our needs. We have determined the following requirements for the management of Large Data Bases (LDB) in a dynamically varying environment such as an interactive Management Information System.