Application of database management to laboratory automation
As part of a project to develop a computer automation system for several analytical water laboratories, it was decided that a data management system should be developed as part of the automation system to perform the daily operations of the laboratory. This report discusses the use of database management techniques in laboratory automation systems. Its principal sections are as follows: description of the laboratory automation system developed; proposed functions of the laboratory management system; description of the prototype database package developed, including data management application programs, data management system, data definition language, data manipulation language (DML), test database, and physical access methods; and a discussion of prototype testing. The prototype described did not embody generalized features of a database management system that are necessary for a high degree of transportability. Results of performance tests indicated that BASIC would be suitable as a data management host language only if a set of high-level DML calls were implemented. 8 figures, 2 tables. (RWR)
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 7301983
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-79435; CONF-770525-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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