Automatic programming of simulation models

The concepts of software engineering were used to improve the simulation modeling environment. Emphasis was placed on the application of an element of rapid prototyping, or automatic programming, to assist the modeler define the problem specification. Then, once the problem specification has been defined, an automatic code generator is used to write the simulation code. The following two domains were selected for evaluating the concepts of software engineering for discrete event simulation: manufacturing domain and a spacecraft countdown network sequence. The specific tasks were to: (1) define the software requirements for a graphical user interface to the Automatic Manufacturing Programming System (AMPS) system; (2) develop a graphical user interface for AMPS; and (3) compare the AMPS graphical interface with the AMPS interactive user interface

Cooperative processing user interfaces for AdaNET

A cooperative processing user interface (CUI) system shares the task of graphical display generation and presentation between the user's computer and a remote host. The communications link between the two computers is typically a modem or Ethernet. The two main purposes of a CUI are reduction of the amount of data transmitted between user and host machines, and provision of a graphical user interface system to make the system easier to use

GUI - Graphical User Interface

Grafische Benutzerschnittstellen (Graphical User Interfaces, GUI) sind heute selbstverständlicher Bestandteil moderner Softwaresysteme. Ihre Entwicklung hat den Computer breiten Anwenderschichten zugänglich gemacht und seine Bedienung erheblich vereinfacht. Dieser Erfolg beruht nicht ausschließlich auf der Möglichkeit, grafische Darstellungen auf Computerbildschirmen zu erzeugen (grafische Oberfläche), sondern ist Ausdruck einer Reihe von Aspekten der Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion, die sich erst bei genauerer Betrachtung erschließen. Das vorliegende Arbeitspapier charakterisiert bestehende GUIs und beschreibt Einsatzmöglichkeiten, aktuelle Erkenntnisse und Entwicklungstendenzen

OBSTOOL: Software for Processing UTIG OBS Data

This report describes OBSTOOL, a graphical user interface that allows the user to process data collected by the Univesity of Texas at Austin Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) ocean bottom seismographs (OBSs).Institute for Geophysic

GUI generation based on language extensions: a model to generate GUI, based on source code with custom attributes

Due to data-driven application nature and its increasing complexity, developing its user interface can be a repetitive and time-consuming activity. Consequently, developers tend to focus more on the user interface aspects and less on business related code. In this paper, we’re presenting an alternative approach to graphical user interface development for data-driven applications, that allows developers to refocus on the source code and concentrate their efforts on application core logic. The key concept behind our approach is the generation of concrete graphical user interface from a source code based model, which includes the original source code metadata and non-intrusive declarative language extensions that describes the user interface structure. Concrete user interface implementation will be delegated to specialized software packages, developed by external entities, that provides complete graphical user interfaces services to the application. When applying our approach, we’re expecting faster graphical user interface development