Title :
Visual specification, modeling, and illustration of complex systems
Author :
Geiger, C. ; Lehrenfeld, G. ; Mueller, W.
Author_Institution :
Heinz Nixdorf Inst., Paderborn, Germany
Abstract :
This article introduces and discusses different innovative means for visual specification and animation of complex concurrent systems. It introduces the completely visual programming language Pictorial Janus (PJ) and its application in the customer-oriented design process. PJ implements a completely visual programming language with inherent animation facilities. The article outlines the transformation of purely visual PJ programs into textual imperative programming languages. The second part of the article investigates animated 3D-presentations and introduces a novel approach to an animated 3D programming language for interactive customer-oriented illustrations.
Keywords :
computer animation; formal specification; visual languages; visual programming; 3D programming language; Pictorial Janus; animation; complex concurrent systems; customer-oriented design process; modeling; textual imperative programming languages; visual programming language; visual specification; Animation; Collaboration; Computer languages; Feedback; Graphical user interfaces; Jacobian matrices; Object oriented modeling; Process design; Software prototyping; Standardization;
Conference_Titel :
Systems Sciences, 1999. HICSS-32. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Maui, HI, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0001-3
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1999.772621
