An Array Grammar Programming System.

Abstract

A package of Fortran programs has been developed that permits a user to interactively design and test array picture grammars. The user can control the rule selection procedure in a derivation or parse, using weighted programming matrices; he also has a choice of instance selection schemes (raster, random, parallel). Examples are given involving array languages consisting of simple geometrical patterns, as well as a language of 'neuron pictures'. A users' manual for the system is included. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0745021

Entities

People

  • Andrew Mercer

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Grammars
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Social Sciences

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Computer Science.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.