A comparison of file organization techniques

  • Authors:
  • Ned Chapin

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • ACM '69 Proceedings of the 1969 24th national conference
  • Year:
  • 1969

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Abstract

This paper compares six general file organization techniques on four characteristics. Then drawing on the implications of a set-theoretic approach, it sketches a seventh technique offering apparently a superior combination of characteristics for data base organization. The six techniques compared are the positional (sequential, indexed sequential, and random), the complex ring, the hierarchial (including partitioned), the multiple double-linked (muble) chain, the attributed string, and the inverted list. The four characteristics are naturalness, access, maintenance, and support.