Evaluation of an Interactive-Batch System Network

a computer network experiment designed to study a method of making the computing power of a high-speed batch system available to the interactive terminal system user. Com-mazds for effecting the intersystem linkage and network operations are presented. Emphasized are system measurements and system tuning techniques for increasing eficiency. There are numerous large computer installations in the United States-predominantly in Government and university environments that offer two distinct system services: (1) high-computing power batch processing within the computing center; and (2) interactive, time-shared data processing in a terminal-oriented environment. Although many such locations offer side-by-side, interactive and batch systems, few have direct communication linkages between the two. Thus a fruitful area of programming research is the creation of effective linkages between these two services, especially where the research effort includes analysis of the manner in which the linkages are used.