Design and implementation of an information base for decision makers

Authors:
R. H. Bonczek;C. W. Holsapple;A. B. Whinston
Affiliations:
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana;Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana;Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Venue:
AFIPS '77 Proceedings of the June 13-16, 1977, national computer conference
Year:
1977

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Abstract

When considering the design and implementation of systems for decision support, a crucial point is the power and flexibility of available tools for representing data contexts. The value of such systems is constrained by the "richness" of patterning allowed by their data structure mechanisms. We introduce the notion of an information base as a natural step forward in the continuing evolution of data structures. The outstanding features of the information base are (1) its accommodation of the horizontal and vertical integration of information parcels into a single semantic mechanism, and (2) the integration of operators into this semantic structure.