Visual specification, modeling, and illustration of complex systems

Author

Geiger, C. ; Lehrenfeld, G. ; Mueller, W.

Author_Institution

Heinz Nixdorf Inst., Paderborn, Germany

Volume

Track6

fYear

1999

fDate

5-8 Jan. 1999

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1999.772621

Filename

772621