DATA BASE MANAGEMENT

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• Publication Date: March 21, 1984
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DATA BASE MANAGEMENT (U)
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Memorandum for Record a?`18 APR 85
SUBJECT: (U) Review of SRI-I report on Data Base Management.
a. SRI-I final report, "DATA BASE MANAGEMENT", dated December
1984.
b. IAGPA-F-SD MFR, "Trip Report, SRI, 6-11 May, 1984" dated 14
May 1984.
1. (U) Ref a is a report on the Data Base Management System
(DBMS) which has been placed into use for the purpose of
analyzing the results of training and experimentation conducted
at SRI-I. This DBMS is system-dependant on the SUN system
which is installed at SRI-I, but is programmed in "C" language,
for UNIX compatibility (to make it transferrable to other
systems which can use UNIX and understand the "C" language).
2. (S/NOFORN) The report itself is little more than a laundry
list of the hard- and software which SRI-I has put together to
form the system. It also includes paragraphs which explain the
purposes of the three main databases relating to
psychoenergetics, and gives a table showing names of other
databases, as well. These others include personnel
identification, bibliography references,
and bulk data on the Mobius Society's psychological and psi
testing in OMNI magazine (PSIQI and PSIQII). The interview
between Dr. Ed May and (ref. b) indicates that
the system is also use or of er non-CENTER LANE or
psychoenergetics related work.
3. (S/NOFORN) The report was a result of tasking by DIA, not
by INSCOM. We were evidently provided a courtesy copy because
Of our relationship to their psychoenergetics effort. The
system has little, if any, relationship to our operational
database requirements, in terms of form, content, or format.
4. (C/NOFORN) Since the office system used by CENTER LANE does
not have telecommunications capabilities, we cannot directly
access or interact with SRI's equipment, and cannot therefore
directly access any information in their database. However, in
the above mentioned interview (ref. b), Dr. May did state that
he would provide any information from the SRI-I database
system, if it were properly requested, giving specific data
required, and the proper format for our needs. No such request
has been necessary to date.
Computer Operations Manager
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DATA BASE MANAGEMENT (U)
By: EDWIN C. MAY
Final Report
Covering the Period October 1983 to October 1984
DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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ROBERT S. LEONARD, Director
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DAVID D. ELLIOTT, Vice President
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CLASSIFIED BY: DT-5A
REVIEW ON: 31 December 2004
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This document consists of 12 pages.
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I OBJECTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
II INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
III COMPUTER SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
A. Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
B. Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. Operating Sytstem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. Commercial Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. In-House Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
IV DATA BASES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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I OBJECTIVE (U)
(U) The objective of this task was to maintain data-base hardware/software systems
that were created during previous psychoenergetic projects, and to create new data bases
and/or improve the systems as required.
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II Introduction (U)
(S/NF) Data-base management was introduced to the psychoenergetic project at SRI
International during FY 1979. During that time, a number of data bases were developed in
support of DoD requirements (a full description may be found elsewhere). * The computer
on which the data bases were installed was an LSI-11/23 running UNIXt as its operating
software, and INFORMIX as its data-base management system (DBMS). It became obvious
at the end of FY 1983, that the data-base system had reached its design limitations and
could no longer meet the project demands. During the period of this current task, it was
decided to expand the computer system by upgrading the data-base management system to
state of the art. This report describes the computer system that was purchased, the data-
base management system that was installed, the supporting publication software, and a new
data base that was not included in the above reference.
*(U) E. C. May, "Data Base Management Facility (U)," Final Report, Project 4028, SRI
International, Menlo Park, CA (July 1984), SECRET/NOFORN.
t (U) UNIX is a trademark of AT&T.
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III Computer System (U)
(U) The new system is a distributed processor, network computer manufactured by Sun
Microsystems of Mountain View, California. The system is based on a workstation
concept--each user has a complete computer at their desk. This computer is connected by a
high-speed link to other similar ones in a network. This architecture provides three distinct
advantages over earlier ones:
? Users do not interfere with each other regardless of the size and complexity
of their programs.
? Users may interact and share programs with ease.
? The cost per computing power is low, and expansion is cost effective and
technically easy to accomplish.
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1. (U) Operating System
2. (U) Commercial Applications
(U) Many types of tasks are so common, that commercial organizations have been
formed to provide off-the-shelf programs to meet these requirements. Two of the most
common are data-base management and word/text processing. Within the latter, there is a
wide variety of programs--ranging from simple text formatting to complete publications
packages.
(U) The psychoenergetic project's system has four commercial-application
packages:
? INGRES--Data-base Management, Relational Technology, Inc.
? OPS-Office Publication System, Interleaf, Inc.
? XEDII--ASCII Word/Text Processing, Computer Methods, Ltd.
? UNIX I STAT--Statistical Mathematical Calculator, Bell Laboratories.
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(U) The psychoenergetic experiment programs are primarily oriented toward the
search problem. We wish to determine the degree to which a computer can be used as an
aid in the solution to that problem. The first of these is a code named SEARCH. This
program displays an empty square region that is divided into a 20-by-20 grid (the grid is not
visible in the display). In one version of SEARCH, a target square is generated randomly
and its location is fixed throughout the trial. An RVer then attempts to locate the target
square using a graphics-pointing device (mouse). Another version of SEARCH is much like
the first one, however, the target square is moving at a rate of one move per ms. Both
versions maintain and store appropriate statistics.
(S/NF) A second search-type application program is called computer assisted
search (CAS). This experiment is the computer analogue of Associational Remote Viewing
(ARV). A simple display consisting of a small square is shown to the RVer. The RVer is
then told that all possible answers to the "question of the day" are sliding under the
displayed square at a rate of one per ms, and that they should press a button on the mouse
when the "correct" answer is momentarily under the square. For example, a Government
official was kidnapped in Lebanon; we used this technique in an attempt to find him. The
description of that effort can be found elsewhere, but, briefly, a map of Lebanon was divided
into 20 areas. The Numbers 1 through 21 were cycled under the display square. Numbers 1
through 20 were associated with the map regions indicated by those labels, while Number 21
represented the "none-of-the-above" option. This kind of CAS is under continuing
investigation.
(U) The final type of application programs are the general utility codes not found
with the overall UNIX system. These codes consist of short programs that perform various
mathematical calculations, and that provide simple user interfaces to some of the more
complex UNIX functions. The graphics utilities simply display the results of curve fitting and
calculation utilities.
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IV Data Bases (U)
(U) Since FY 1979 we have been using a number of different data bases. Some are in
current use, while others have been archived. Other data bases are new to the system since
that time frame, and still others are under development. Table 1 provides a current
summary of the data base activity.
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(U) SUMMARY OF PSYCHOENERGETIC DATA BASES
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REFERENCES (U)
1. E. C. May, "Data Base Management Facility (U), SRI International, Final Report Project
4028 (July 1984) SECRET-NOFORN.
2. E. C. May, H. E. Puthoff and B. S. Humphrey, "An Automated RV Evaluation
Procedure (U)," SRI International, Final Report Project 7408 (November 1984)
SECRET-NOFORN.
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