Data processing spheres of control

  • Authors:
  • C. T. Davies

  • Affiliations:
  • Santa Teresa Laboratory, San Jose, California

  • Venue:
  • IBM Systems Journal
  • Year:
  • 1978

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Abstract

There has long been a need for better definition of the audit and control aspects of data processing applications. This paper attempts to satisbt hat need and thereby provide a framework for improving communication between systems analysts and computer scientists. It introduces the concept of spheres of control, which are logical boundaries that exist in all data processing systems, whether manual or automated. The paper describes their essential properties and portrays them as they relate to each other in the batch, on-line, and in-line processing environments. Included are spheres of control that define process bounding for such purposes as recovery, auditing, process commitment, and algorithm (procedure) replacement.