A Graphical Editor for the Computer Aided Prototyping System

Abstract

The Computer Aided Prototyping System (CAPS) is used to develop executable prototypes of large embedded software systems with hard real-time requirements. The system is based upon the Prototype System Description Language (PSDL) and a set of integrated software development tools. A graphical tool is needed to decompose the PSDL composite operator into a network which shows its component parts and their communication paths. The graphical description is part of the specification of the intended system's components. This thesis explores the requirements of such an editor and demonstrates that it can be developed. It shows that the editor can effectively be used to decompose operators and that it can produce and equivalent textual representation in PSDL. Keywords: Military theses; Rapid prototyping; Software development; Real-time; Graphical editor; User interface; Abstraction; Prototyping environments; Computer programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA206443

Entities

People

  • Roger K. Thorstenson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Application Software
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Debugging
  • Engineering
  • Models
  • Operating Systems
  • Prototypes
  • Software Development
  • Software Development Tools
  • Software Prototyping
  • Standards
  • User Interface

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

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  • Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation