Designing an experimenters database using the Nijssen Information Analysis Methodology (NIAM)

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:7222693

Eaton, M J

This paper presents a discussion of the use of the Nijssen Information Analysis Methodology (NIAM) in the design of an experimenters database. This database is used by physicists and technicians to describe the configuration and diagnostic systems used on Sandia National Laboratories Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator II (PBFA II). The design of this database presented some unique challenges because of the large degree of flexibility required to enable timely response to changing experimental configurations. The NIAM user-oriented technique proved to be invaluable in translating experimenter's requirements into an information model and then to a normalized relational design.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 7222693
• Report Number(s): SAND-90-0746C; CONF-900580--2; ON: DE90008548
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700208* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Inertial Confinement Technology
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990300 -- Information Handling
ACCELERATORS
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
DESIGN
MANAGEMENT
PARTICLE BEAM FUSION ACCELERATOR