OF THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS , APPLYING AI METHODOLOGIES AND EXPERIENCE .
USAGE AND NEEDS :
. NATURE AND USAGE OF FILED INFORMATION . THEORETICAL STUDIES AND INTERVIEWS WITH ADVANCED OFFICE SYSTEMS USERS TO ESTABLISH A RANGE OF SCENARIOS COVERING THE NATURE AND THE QUANTITY OF THE OBJECTS THAT WILL BE CONTAINED IN PRACTICAL OFFICE INFORMATION SERVERS , AND THE USAGE THAT WILL BE MADE OF THEM .
USER FILE :
. USER FILE ADAPTIVE INTERFACES . STUDY OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN WORKSTATIONS AND INFORMATION SERVERS IN REALISTIC USER ENVIRONMENTS . DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADAPTIVE INTERFACE BETWEEN THESE SUBSYSTEMS THAT PRESENTS A COMMON , STANDARD USER INTERFACE .
COMPONENTS :
. FILE FILTERS . STUDY OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF SEARCHING LARGE FILES WITH SPECIAL SEARCHING AIDS , E . G . HARDWARE , MICROCODE , SOFTWARE , ETC . IDENTIFY NEEDS AND DEVELOP EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING FILE FILTER TECHNOLOGY TO SATISFY PREDICTED OFFICE REQUIREMENTS .
. OPTICAL STORAGE SYSTEMS CONCEPTS . THIS PROJECT CONCERNS THE DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEMS APPLICATION AND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES , AND THE CREATION OF RELEVANT SOFTWARE AIDS , TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OPTICAL STORAGE DEVICES ENSURING THAT THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR PRACTICAL USE AT AN EARLY DATE .
R AND D AREA 4.5 :
INTEGRATED OFFICE SYSTEM DESIGN AND EVALUATION
DESCRIPTION
THE RESEARCH AND THE PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPONENTS FOR OFFICE SYSTEMS HAS TO BE SUPPLEMENTED BY THE RESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF INTEGRATED OFFICE SYSTEMS CONCEPTS FOR A VARIETY OF OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS . IN AN INDUSTRIAL R AND D PROGRAMME THE TESTING OF PROTOTYPES , AGAINST REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE FOR MARKET CONDITIONS , IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CHECK ON THE RELEVANCE OF THE RESEARCH DONE .
TWO TOPICS ARE IDENTIFIED IN THIS AREA THAT ARE COMPLEMENTARY BUT NOT NECESSARILY MUTUALLY DEPENDENT .
FIRST : THE DESIGN , DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF ADVANCED OFFICE SYSTEM PROTOTYPES , BASED UPON STATE-OF-THE-ART COMPONENTS DEVELOPED IN EUROPE , POSSIBLY UNDER THE ESPRIT PROGRAMME , AND BASED UPON THE RESULTS OF STRUCTURED ANALYSES IN THE OFFICE SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND HUMAN FACTORS AREAS .
SECOND : THE CREATION OF TEST - AND EVALUATION ENVIRONMENTS FOR OFFICE SYSTEM COMPONENTS AND INTEGRATED OFFICE SYSTEM PROTOTYPES , THAT ALLOW QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE VALIDATION IN A VARIETY OF SIMULATED OFFICES AND ENTERPRISES .
R AND D TOPICS
4.5.1 . ADVANCED INTEGRATED OFFICE SYSTEM PROTOTYPES
4.5.2 . OFFICE SYSTEM TEST AND EVALUATION ENVIRONMENTS
NO WORK ON THESE TOPICS IS PLANNED FOR START IN YEAR 1 ( 1984/85 ) .
SUBPROGRAMME 5
COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURE
THE LONG-TERM AIM OF THE RESEARCH PROGRAMME IS TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTIVITY AND COMPETITIVENESS OF THE COMMUNITY CIM VENDORS IN PARTICULAR , AND INDUSTRY IN GENERAL , ESPECIALLY THE " DISCRETE PART " MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES , WHO ULTIMATELY UTILIZE THIS TECHNOLOGY .
THE SPECIFIC MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE SUBPROGRAMME ARE TO :
- GENERATE THE NECESSARY BASIC GROUNDWORK FOR CREATING , DEVELOPING AND FORMULATING THE PRINCIPLES AND RULES FOR FUTURE DESIGN OF COMPETITIVE COMPONENTS OR TOTAL SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING ,