Integrated software environments

Author

Landauer, Christopher

Author_Institution

Aerospace Corp., Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

2-6 Mar 1992

Firstpage

164

Lastpage

170

Abstract

A modeling environment that can combine mathematical, artificial intelligence, and many other computer-based methods to explore a problem space is described. A new approach to constructing this kind of modeling environment is used. The environment uses explicit knowledge of its own structure to support the user in selecting and adapting the system components. The knowledge is in the form of wrappings, which are expert interfaces to the programs, tools, and other resources in the environment. This approach is a simple and powerful mechanism for allowing different kinds of resources to work together in an integrated way. The structure of a program is described that implements this approach. The program is used to study both the types of wrapping descriptions and the wrapping processes

Keywords

expert systems; programming environments; user interfaces; artificial intelligence; computer-based methods; expert interfaces; explicit knowledge; modeling environment; problem space; system components; wrapping descriptions; wrapping processes; Algorithm design and analysis; Artificial intelligence; Computer science; Humans; Insulation; Internet; Mathematical model; Power system modeling; Software tools; Space exploration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Artificial Intelligence for Applications, 1992., Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2690-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CAIA.1992.200025

Filename

200025