A Distributed Processing Design for the Personnel Data System's Central Site

摘要

A Distributed processing system design strategy was developed and applied to the central site portion of the Personnel Data System at the Air Force Manpower and Personnel Center (AFMPC), Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. A software package was developed to support building of a user database and the clustering of users based on geographic locations and similarity of system function use. Design consideration such as data redundancy and concurrency controls are discussed, along with the concept of Conflict Graph Analysis developed to support the System for Distributed Data bases. Software documentation and similarity tables depicting the distributed system design involving 425 terminals clustered into 46 user groupings are included. The design as presented requires further development to include data access requirements and definition of lower levels of system function utilization. Development of a simulation package to validate the final system is recommended. (Author)