Database Management in Scientific Computing Part I: General Description

Abstract

Techniques for generalized data management are gradually making inroads in scientific computing in general and computerized engineering analysis in particular. This development parallels in many ways the rapid acceptance of the centralized database concept in business-oriented processing during the 1970s. Scientific database manipulation systems face, however, a specialized general features of scientific data management from a functional standpoint. Special emphasis is given to the discussion of trends in the development of large-scale programs, as well as the assembly of database-linked program networks for engineering analysis.