User-friendly, syntax directed input to a computer aided design system
By:  by Barbara J. Sherlock
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Monterey, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Comparative and general Grammar; Systems engineering; Work; Automation; Microprocessors; Databases; Computer-aided design; Syntax; Modular construction
Description: This paper describes the development of a user-friendly, syntax directed input module of a computer aided design system. Color and dialogue are used to maximize user understanding and ease of interface, and minimize the opportunity for error. As a result, it is possible for the user to concentrate on the higher level aspects of the design, and allow the system to handle the routine details.
Notes: Thesis Advisor(s): Ross, Alan. ; Second Reader: Rahe, George A.

Author(s) subject terms: User-friendly, syntax directed editor, computer aided design,  microprocessor control systems, man-machine interface, control system design automation, design environment, workstation, Computer hardware design languages.

DTIC Descriptor(s): Man Computer Interface, Editing, Syntax, Computer Aided Design, User Needs, Input, Modular Construction, Microprocessors, Control Systems, Systems Engineering, Data Bases, Automation, Work, Stations, Computers, Online Systems, Computer Programs, Machine Translation, Input Output Processing, Human Factors Engineering, Theses.

Thesis (M.S. in Computer Science)--Naval Postgraduate School, 1983.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 66).

Approved for public release, distribution unlimited"--Cover.

Also available in print.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements; Adobe Acrobat Reader.

US Navy (USN) author.

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