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1984
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
SUBJECT:
Trip Report,
Stanford
Research
Institute
(SRI),
&
March
1984
(U)
1.
(U)
Purpose:
a.
( S/CL-3/N0F0RN
)
To
discuss
preliminary
Data
Base
Management
System
(DBMS)
requirements
as
they
impact
on
Project
CENTER LANE.
b.
( S/CL-3/NOFORN
)
To
discuss
the
specifics
of
design
in
task
directed
DBMS programs
which
will
support
both
training
as
well
as
operational
parameters
of Project CENTER LANE.
c.
( S/CL-3/NOFORN
)
To
discuss
the
complexity
and
selected
methodology
of
applied
statistical
analysis
to
be
used
to
evaluate
and
support
the
DBMS
programs
developed
in
support
of
Project CENTER LANE.
.
( U
)
Problems
:
a.
( S/CL-3/NOFORN
)
Data
collected
from
current
training
and
operational
Psychoenergetic
sessions
while
similar,
require
different
DBMS handling during
evaluation.
b.
( S/CL-3/NOFORN
)
Identifiable
fields
or
characteristics
which
can
be applied
to
the
DBMS
in
both
the
training
as well
as
the
operational
collection
area
range
from
a
minimum
of
thirty
(30)
as
defined
by
Dr.
Jahns,
or
sixty
(60)
as
tentatively
identified
by
SRI-
International
(SRI-I)
in
support
of
training
requirements.
Operational
requirements
could
run
as
high
as
three
or
four
hundred
(300-400)
dependent
on
the
degree
of
detail
in
the
final analysis.
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April
1984)
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
SUBJECT:
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Research
Institute
(SRI),
&
March
1984
(U)
c.
( S/CL-3/NOFORN
)
The
appropriate statistical
methodology
to
be
used
in
the
evaluation
of
data
collected
in
either
the
training
or
operational
areas
has
not
yet
been
determined.
This
is
a
sensitive
issue
since most
scientific
paradigms
survive
as
effective
singularly
based
on
the
accuracy
of
the
statistical
evaluation
utilized
to prove
them.
d.
( S/CL-3/NOFORN
)
Lastly,
a
common
data
base
between
SRI-I
and
Project
CENTER
LANE
presents
no
problem
with
respect
towards
the
usual
training
session.
However,
this
becomes
complicated
by
an
inability
to
share
actual
word
data
in
the
operational
collection
arena,
due
to
its
normal
classification
and
sensitive
nature
when
produced
in
support
of
an
outside
agency
3.
(U)
Discussion Notes:
a.
( S/CL-3/NOFORN
)
Dr.
Edward
May
has
stated
that
he
is
certain
a
sufficiently
tested
and
acceptable
statistical
analysis
package
can
be
written
which
will
stand
up
to
critic
appraisal
and comment.
b.
( S/CL-3/NOFORN
)
During
discussions
it
was
determined
that
a
triad
of
empirical
data
bases
could
be
designed
which
would
be
separate
but
provide
intra-data
base
support
to
one
another
in
performing
the
necessary
functions
to
support
both
training
and
collection.
(See
Inclosure
for
a
graphic
representation
of
this
concept.)
Essentially
these
would
be
designed
as
follows:
(1)
( S/CL-3/NOFORN
)
First
Data
Base.
This
base
would
support
training
and
contain
the
pre-determined
information
fields
which
would
establish
the
psychoenergetic
collector's
statistical
accuracy
on
a
continuing
basis
throughout
his/her
training
phases.
It
would
break
down
the
specific
areas
in
which
a
given
collector
has
significant
strengths
or
weaknesses.
It would serve
to
develop
new
fields which
would
be
directly
transferable
to
the
operational
collection
or
second
data
base
area.
Finally,
it
would
provide
the
initial
statistical
accuracy
figures
for
each
trainee
upon
his/her
graduation
to
operational
collection.
This
information would
be
transferable
to
the
third
data base element.
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Institute
(SRI),
&
March
1984
(U)
(2)
( S/CL-3/NOFORN)
Second
Data
Base.
Would
contain
all
of
the
information
from operational
collection
broken
down
into
identifiable
fields.
These
fields
could
be
altered
at
will
according
to
accuracy
determination
( s
)
based
on
feedback
from
the agency who both
tasked
the
collection
and has
responsibility
for
assessing
the
original
information
provided.
Information
from
this
data
base would
be
transferable
to
the
third
base
in
which
statistical
data
on
each
operational
psychoenergetic
collector
is
maintained.
However;
in
the
development
of
brand
new
or
unevaluated
operational
information,
it
would
have
the
capacity
of
extracting
the
current
statistical
evaluation
assumption
for
each
collector
from the
third data base.
(3)
(S/CL-3/NOFORN)
Third
Data
Base.
Within
the
third
data base would
reside
the
on-going
evaluations
and
statistical
probabilities
as
pertains
each
individual
psychoenergetic
collector.
These would
be
determined
and
automatically
altered
based
on
changes
in
the
evaluated
or
known
accuracy
of
information
already
logged
in
the
second
data
base.
These
continual
on-going
re-evaluations
of
collector
percentages
and
statistics
which
project
current
accuracy
for
any
given
collector
would
be utilized
to predict
the
high
and
low
areas
of
correctness
for
any given
specific
field
in
the
second
data
base
as new collection
information
is provided
on
a new tasking.
c.
( S/CL-l/NOFORN
)
As
regards
the
inability
to
exchange
actual
word
data
the
following
design
criteria would have
to
be
utilized when designing
the
above data
bases:
(1)
( S/CL-3/NOFORN
)
All
word
information
fields would have
to
have
two
logic
file
areas.
One
for
use
by
Project
CENTER
LANE,
which would actually
contain
the word
or
phrase
collected
with
the
evaluated
accuracy
comment.
One
for
use
by
SRI-I,
which
would
have
a
numerical
equivalent
to
the
general
field
name
and
the
associative
accuracy
comment.
(See
Inclosure
two
for
a
graphic
illustration.)
The
program
handling
the
CENTER
LANE
file
area
would
have
the
capacity
to
translate
to
the
numerical
code prior
to
transfer
of
information
to SRI-I*
b.
(S/CL-l/NOFORN)
Current
code
groups
to
identify
specific
tasked projects
within
Project
CENTER LANE would
remain
the
same
and require
no
code
translation.
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1984)
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
SUBJECT:
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Stanford
Research
Institute
(SRI),
&
March
1984
(U)
c.
( S/CL-l/NOFORN
)
Specific
psychoenergetic
collectors
would
be
coded
and
handled
as
they
have
been
since
project
concept.
This
list
of
collectors
would
be
identifiable
statistically
to
SRI-I,
but
only
known
by
name
within
CENTER
LANE.
4.
(U)
Additional Requirements.
a.
(S/CL-l/NOFORN)
In
the
past
proposals
by
SRI-I,
they
have
suggested
through
proposal
that
CENTER LANE
carry
the
cost
or
weight
of
purchase
of
computer
equipment
to
support
the
above.
Recommend
that
this
not
be
the
case
and
any
cost
of
equipment which would
revert
to
SRI-I
upon
successful
completion
of
any
contract
for
the
above
be
born
solely by
them.
However;
it
becomes
apparent
that
because
of
such,
the
equipment
purchased
by
them
in
support
of
the
above
may
differ
somewhat
from
that
currently
in
use
at
CENTER
LANE
.
Therefore,
whatever
interface
requirement
might
have
to
be
made
in
support
of
developing
the
above
should probably be born
by
the
CENTER
LANE
office.
This
should not
be excessive.
b.
(S/CL-l/NOFORN)
Design
of
the
triad
data
base
concept
requires
development
of
programming
tree
structures.
SRI-I
at
this
time
probably
does
not
possess
the
necessary
main-frame
capability
to
support
an
active
continual
run
triad
data
base.
This
should
not
interfere
however
with
design
and
testing
of
software
development
in
support
of CENTER LANE requirements.
5.
(S/CL-l/NOFORN)
Cost.
There
was
no
discussion
of
cost
during
this
two
day
visit.
SRI-I
must
generate
a
proposal
for
the above,
which
substantially
deviates
from
their
original
DBMS
proposal
presented
in
January
1982.
A
detailed
statement
of
work
must
be
developed
in
conjunction
with
the
CENTER
LANE
office
prior
to
work
commitment,
and
new
performa
of
cost
data
must
be
provided
by
SRI-I
prior
to
contracting.
Suggest
that
such
cost should not
exceed
$50K.
SKS**'*'
rosifPH
W.
MCMONEA
Automatic Data Processing
Supervisor
Project CENTER LANE
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