Symbolic Notations for Statistical Tables and an Approach Towards Automatic System Design The preparation of statistical tables is an important function of the data processing systems of some organizations, and a symbolic notation for the description of tables has been shown to be a useful aid to documentation. Such a notation also provides the first step towards making automatic a tedious and time-consuming part of system design and programming in many computer applications. One notation is described and suggestions are made for the implementation of the larger goal. CACM June, 1965 Smith, B. W. CA650603 JB March 7, 1978 12:41 PM 1252 5 1252 1252 5 1252 1252 5 1252