Problems associated with large scientific data bases

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7361162

Cheadle, III, J M

For purposes of this paper, a large data base is one with over 5,000,000 characters. Large data bases of this type were encountered in the national uranium resource evaluation project. The solutions to the major problems encountered in dealing with large scientific data bases are as follows: limited disk space is not a problem if one uses PLF or PLC update codes to create or add to data bases; skewness can be minimized by occasional reorganizations; and running statistical packages can be easily accomplished by running them against data files created by the S2K ''LIST'' command. 1 figure, 1 table. (RWR)

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 7361162
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-76-1152; CONF-760545-1
• Resource Relation: Conference: Association of System 2000 Users for Technical Exchange conference, Austin, TX, USA, May 1976
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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