Towards an Ideal Database Server for Office Automation Environments

Office automation systems are growing but continue both in use and complexity. The evelopment of a database management system for the office automation environment ecomes a high priority, inorder to provide an efficient and reliable way to engage the information needs of the office. Therefore, the specification of an 'ideal' database server for the office automation environment becomes a key area of concern. inaddition to providing traditional support, the ideal database server must also provide new database support, in order to meet the unique and nyneedsofofficeautomationenvironments. In this paper, we focus on the characterization and specification of an ideal database server, for the office automation environment. We also consider how such an ideal database server can effectively Integrated into the office automation environment. Further, we ne an experimental database system, known as the multi-backend database system (NSDS), as a candidate for the ideal database server in the office automation environment.Chief of Naval Researc

Exploiting CAFS-ISP

In the summer of 1982, the ICLCUA CAFS Special Interest Group defined three subject areas for working party activity. These were: 1) interfaces with compilers and databases, 2) end-user language facilities and display methods, and 3) text-handling and office automation. The CAFS SIG convened one working party to address the first subject with the following terms of reference: 1) review facilities and map requirements onto them, 2) "Database or CAFS" or "Database on CAFS", 3) training needs for users to bridge to new techniques, and 4) repair specifications to cover gaps in software. The working party interpreted the topic broadly as the data processing professional's, rather than the end-user's, view of and relationship with CAFS. This report is the result of the working party's activities. The report content for good reasons exceeds the terms of reference in their strictest sense. For example, we examine QUERYMASTER, which is deemed to be an end-user tool by ICL, from both the DP and end-user perspectives. First, this is the only interface to CAFS in the current SV201. Secondly, it is necessary for the DP department to understand the end-user's interface to CAFS. Thirdly, the other subjects have not yet been addressed by other active working parties

A SECURED GSM-BASED REMOTE CONTROLLED HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEM

Home automation systems are designated electronic systems in homes and residential buildings that makes it possible for the automation of household appliances. The challenges faced by home automation systems are high cost of ownership, inflexibility, poor manageability and difficulty in achieving security. In this work, a secured global system for mobile communication-based home automation system (GSM-HAS) was designed. The proposed system has a more improved technology that enhances flexibility by using GSM technology to interconnect its component to home automation system. The system comprises of five modules namely Mobile Phone, SIM900 GSM Module, Arduino Board, Relay Module and Peripheral Devices. The system used SIM900 Module which allows users to effectively control their house/office appliances simply by sending a short message service (SMS) to the device. ATMEGA328P microcontroller was used to communicate with SIM900 module and the relay module to carry out the basic ON/OFF operations received from the user android application.  The android application was implemented using Java programming language and MySql database.  The performance of the system shows that the user can control the home appliances through the android application, with an additional control for activating and deactivating the sensor system at home/office. The system helps turn-on and turn-off connected home appliances as well as detect intruders and send message to the user’s mobile phone. The system is designed to be highly secured, flexible, reliable and affordable. &nbsp

Use of a microcomputer database system in a statewide effort for data collection in medical genetics

pre-printThe Genetics Office Automation System (GOAS) is a database management system for the collection and reporting of medical genetics data. We have previously reported on its implementation in a single university center [1,2]. We report here on its implementation in a coordinated data collection effort for the State of Missouri. We discuss the current status of the data collection activities and procedures to share data collected at an individual center with state, regional, and national data collection efforts

Smart Automation System for Office Environment

A smart automation system for office environment is being designed in this system. Various controlling systems based on lighting, ventilating, luminance are discussed respectively. Various sensors are used to extract the real time information i.e. temperature, light intensity, humidity, smoke, motion sensor are used. This data is send to ARM 11 Controller. It is then send to PC where data is saved. Through Network switch this data is send to other PC’s. The data collected is stored as database and can be accessed anytime. The data is send to the android or any internet enabled device. This system also provides need based emergency services like Ambulance call, fire alarm. Biometric fingerprint is used for security purpose. Manual mode and automatic mode are two alternative modes designed to promote the usability of smart office system. Control of electric lighting fixtures of different office spaces is done

A Design and Implementation of Version Model in Object-Oriented Databases

Due to the advances in computer technology, new applications such as office automation, software engineering and computer aided design (CAD) have emerged.These new applications not only demand fast retrieval and modification as the earlier applications but also new requirements, for in stance, the capability to represent complex object.Many approaches have been proposed in order to meet the new requirements. It is claimed that Object- oriented Database Management System s (OODBMSs) offer a good solution. One of OODBMSs' facilitiesis the version control management. With a version control management, the management and control of object versions can be done in a systematic way

Virtual Office Design For The Effectiveness Of Web_based Office Administration Works

Virtual Office is the science of information technology which is a new thing for some people. The word of virtual has a meaning of visible or tangible, it means that in the future an office is intangible because it will be replaced by a system which is specifically designed to replace the role of office by applying web -based computer programming. Nowdays, Offices have been applied are still using a certain place with a wide range of file and requiring a storage cabinet. These issues triggered the researcher tried to design a virtual office with a concept which is able to handle a variety of problems, ranging from archival storage , searching the archives , phone , video conference , sending letters, categorizing archives and saving faculty and staff data. These concepts developed by the researcher offered well organized data that all files or all archives of administrative office tucked neatly away in a database in well organizing so it made easier in searching a spesific archive. The final objective of the research is the improvement of the workers’ performance because it will shorten the time to manage archives or files. Manufacture of incoming mail, outgoing mail, disposition and also numbering letters will be arranged neatly, thus will increase the effectiveness of a worker. (Abstract

Personalized Ambience: An Integration of Learning Model and Intelligent Lighting Control

The number of households and offices adopting automation system is on the rise. Although devices and actuators can be controlled through wireless transmission, they are mostly static with preset schedules, or at different times it requires human intervention. This paper presents a smart ambience system that analyzes the user’s lighting habits, taking into account different environmental context variables and user needs in order to automatically learn about the user’s preferences and automate the room ambience dynamically. Context information is obtained from Yahoo Weather and environmental data pertaining to the room is collected via Cubesensors to study the user’s lighting habits. We employs a learning model known as the Reduced Error Prune Tree (REPTree) to analyze the users’ preferences, and subsequently predicts the preferred lighting condition to be actuated in real time through Philips Hue. The system is able to ensure the user’s comfort at all time by performing a closed feedback control loop which checks and maintains a suitable lighting ambience at optimal level