On the application of data engineering to the configuration management of a hybrid simulator

The development and implementation of an information model for the configuration management of a hybrid simulator is discussed. The simulator is used in the development, test, and evaluation of electronic guidance and control systems. It is modelled as a configuration hierarchy with logical access paths enabled via intersections between each level in the hierarchy. The model is implemented partially on an INGRES data base and partially in a UNIX™ directory structure. The mappings of the information model to the database schema and the configuration processes to the database operations are described.