A language-driven generalized numerical database translator

Abstract

Abstract.Numerical databases arise ir~ many scientific applications to keep track of large dense and sparse matrices, residing on secondary devices in matrix compact data representation. This paper describes a language-driven generalized data translator for translating any numerical database from one matrix compact data representation to another. Our approach is to describe any matrix compact data representation by a physical schema and any numerical database and its mapping to storage by data language facilities. The languages are processed by a Generalized Syntax-Directed Translation Scheme (GSDTS') to automatically generate FORTRAN conversion programs which become the major modules of the translator.