Bücher der Reihe Applications of Modern Technology in Business

The author here presents a detailed explanation of the methodolgy of software reliablity evaluation, and then demonstrates its applications to a commercial loan system, a funds transfer security system, and a payables processing system.

In modem organizations, data has been added to the classical economic assets of land, labor, and capital. Data on company products, finances, and operations are gathered into data bases that are used to support management reporting and decision making. The exercise of these management functions is called data base administration (DBA).

Every pioneer takes large risks, hoping that the new frontier he seeks will provide the benefits of independence and good fortune.

Electronic funds transfer (EFT) systems include a wide range of computer-based payment systems and sources that substitute electronic and digital transfers for movements of cash and paper checks. They include: * Alterations in personal finance and in the process of purchasing and paying for consumer goods and services.

Distributed service networks encompass various facilities with which we have daily contact. in the business sector they include maintenance and repair services, road services, courier services, and the like. Station location: Where should service stations or service units be located?

This book has evolved primarily from lecture notes for data communications courses taught at Georgia State University since 1969. The reader for whom this book is intended is the nontechnical person who has some knowledge of computer technology and who wishes to extend that knowledge to the field of data communications.