Year: 1974
Type: report
Abstract: This research discusses a program which aids the user of an automatic programming system (APS) in the of his of his problem situation. In essence, the user must make sure that he and the APS mean the same thing by the description of the problem which the APS is to solve. The problem domain considered in this thesis is that of business (i.e., the management simulation games which are used as a learning tool in the study of management). A language for describing models of these games is presented. The paper then describes the program''s methods of simulation and finding in models written in this language. Important aspects of the program''s problem -solving approach to are its internal knowledge of bugs and of user intention within the model. This internal knowledge stresses the importance of arising from the interaction of submodels within the model. Some details of the program''s implementation (in the Conniver language) are discussed. The necessity of model debugging in automatic programming is emphasized.
Author: W.S. Mark
Language: English
Subfield: Software
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G4895325129, G8876996369
OpenAlex ID: W309069024