Title :
A virtual reality application for software visualization
Author :
Amari, Haruo ; Nagumo, Toshiki ; Okada, Mikio ; Hirose, Michitaka ; Ishii, Takemochi
Author_Institution :
Comput. & Commun. Res. Center, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc., Japan
Abstract :
Since a power network control system constitutes a large-scale computer network, intricate functions of software such as processing synchronization and data transmission among the constituent computers are required for improvement of system performance and efficiency. Methods for the support of overall large-scale system design are still scarce. Conventional text-oriented tools are insufficient to design, construct, and maintain large and complicated systems. As a means for solving this problem, an analytical method has been designed based on computer graphics visualization of static structural data and execution trace data of a software application´s functional units. Prototyping tools for the development of software, enabling the direct manipulation of graphical elements through user-machine interfaces based on virtual reality technology, have been developed
Keywords :
data visualisation; software prototyping; software tools; user interfaces; virtual reality; computer graphics; data transmission; direct manipulation; execution trace data; large-scale computer network; large-scale system design; power network control system; processing synchronization; prototyping tools; software visualization; static structural data; system performance; user-machine interfaces; virtual reality application; Application software; Computer networks; Control systems; Data communication; Data visualization; Design methodology; Large-scale systems; Software performance; System performance; Virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium, 1993., 1993 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1363-1
DOI :
10.1109/VRAIS.1993.380806
