AESOP: a prototype for on-line user control of organizational data storage, retrieval and processing

AESOP is an experimental on-line information control system realized in the Systems Design Laboratory of The MITRE Corporation. It serves as a prototype for a class of management or command information systems capable of giving the members of the using organization as much on-line control over system performance as possible. It is a CRT display-oriented system in that the user experiences the information system primarily through his CRT displays and exercises his control through his light pencil. This control is not limited to that level of the organization responsible for programming the system, but applies upward to the highest level of executive personnel interested in obtaining direct access to the system.