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IV.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUMMARY

A. Brief Evaluation of ACME Experiment....cscccseerere eae e eens 1
B. Highlights of FYT3.......eceee0. Sees ees ae 5
C. Planning & Reorganization......sesees rr)
D. Overview of ACME Experiment....... cc ccc cece cece e cero cranes 8

STANFORD MEDICAL CENTER COMPUTING PLANS

A.

The Current Scene... ccsrsccccecccvevnsvceres rrr 10
Shared Database Planning... ccc cccccrccecsccsesccccccesvees LO
New Faculty Appointment... crccesevccccsccccsessssseveseves LO

Some Observations on Computer Planning......ccccccesvsvees 15

FACILITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS = FY73
Planning StudiesS.....evcccc cece cece ceetsesececes ceeesecee 16
Time Oriented Database Development........seeeeees See eeees 16

New & Continuing Applications ProgramS......sessccsesseeee LY

System Software ImprovementsS.....ccceece cece ecscesece sees 18
Education & Training......ceseseueees wee eee esas ec eecens 19
Hardware Changes...csseseseccecs pec e cece eee see e eee e see noes 20
OperatLons.crcccccccecccancccnvcscesenes eee eee ween eee eee al

ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION. ..cscevescceee seenees eee near cccace 23
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VIII.

PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS

A.  DENDRAL. ccc ccc ccc ence ccc cece ene nace reece essrasvesesege
B. Time Oriented Database System (TOD).....c.cccccccccece
Cc. New Analysis Programs for Time Series Data....sesseees

D. Miscellaneous Core ProjectS.s.ssscccsscsveuseccescereses

BUDGET

A. Resource Expenditures..... acer ees eeeens ace eeneenens
B. Expenditure Details.....ccccccssersscncsssccsessssvens
Cc. Summary of Resource Funding..... sec c emcee seas ane evens
D. Resource Equipment Liste cccccccccvccccccccsvcvcseececs
E. Income Statement for Twelve Month Period. ....ssccceees

Ending April 73
UTILIZATION DATA
A. Interpreting Utilization Charts.......sseee. tee ecevenn

B. Patterns Of USSG. .ccccccsccsevcereccsssaceccvevecseseces

APPENDICES

A. Rationale of Shared Database Concept.....sccsccsecces
B. Medical Center Computer Planning Chronology..........
C. Small Machine Multiplexor......... sce e eet wes eeccces

(Excerpt of ACME Note HAD)
D. ACME Note Index (May 11, 1973). .ccsecececcccccesccves

E. ACME User Publications....... cece teeter ree eseenesees

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NOTE

This last annual report, covering
FY73, ACME's administrative exten-
sion year, was prepared at this time
(May 1973) because staff was avail-
able to do the work and because NIH
requested that the report be made.

An addendum to this last annual
report will be prepared sixty to
ninety days after the end of the
grant period (July 31, 1973).