SEEDIS project: a summary overview of the Social, Economic, Environmental, Demographic Information System

Technical Report · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:5032947

McCarthy, J L; Merrill, D W; Marcus, A; Benson, W H; Gey, F C; Holmes, H; Quong, C

Policy formulation, implementation, and management depend upon accurate, timely information. Analysts, decision makers, and managers need to locate, retrieve, combine, analyze and display information from a variety of sources. While time and resources usually do not permit collecting new information, there is a wealth of publicly available data (from government and other sources) that often could meet such needs if it were quickly and easily accessible. Although computers and machine-readable data have made it potentially easier to locate and analyze information, actual use of information from different sources is difficult because of differing storage formats, communications procedures, coding conventions, data structures and units of analysis. The SEEDIS Project addresses these information needs and problems through research, design, development, and demonstration of information system components. SEEDIS software provides a unified framework for data management, information retrieval, statistical analysis, and graphical display. Using SEEDIS, non-programmer users can efficiently access and manipulate large, diverse, and distributed statistical databases. The SEEDIS project works with selected applications specialists to test new concepts and tools using large real world databases, get feedbask about how information tools can be improved, and acquire and develop addtional databases.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 5032947
• Report Number(s): LBL-PUB-424-Rev.; ON: DE82020054
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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