DocumentCode
3323118
Title
Design considerations for a visual language for communications protocol specifications
Author
Citrin, Wayne
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
fYear
1991
fDate
8-11 Oct 1991
Firstpage
231
Lastpage
237
Abstract
Communications protocol specification is a complex problem domain in which a visual paradigm may be employed. The paper describes the desirable characteristics of a visual specification language for this problem domain, and presents a preliminary design for such a language, based on message-flow diagrams
Keywords
protocols; specification languages; visual languages; communications protocol specifications; message-flow diagrams; visual language; visual paradigm; visual specification language; Bandwidth; Cities and towns; Communication system control; Computer networks; Computer science; Formal specifications; Information security; Routing protocols; Specification languages; Visualization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Visual Languages, 1991., Proceedings. 1991 IEEE Workshop on
Conference_Location
Kobe
Print_ISBN
0-8186-2330-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WVL.1991.238827
Filename
238827
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