Title :
Process programming by hindsight
Author :
Garg, Pankaj K. ; Bhansali, Sanjay
Author_Institution :
Hewlett-Packard Labs
Abstract :
Process programming refers to the activity of algorithmicly describing models of programming activities (processes). A serious limitation of process programming has been that . it is often hard to describe a programming process a priori. In this paper we present an approach to process programming which addresses this limitation. Our approach is based on the premise that process programs are easier to describe in hindsight rather than by foresight, and hence can be synthe- sized by observing and analyzing a recorded process history. In this paper we describe an adaptation of the well-known explanation-based learning algorithm to synthesize a process fragment from a process history. We demonstrate the useful- ness of the approach on a realistic example of coordinating file changes through a version control system.
Keywords :
Control system synthesis; Control systems; Distributed computing; History; Humans; Milling machines; Programming environments; Software engineering; Software systems;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering, 1992. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, Australia
Print_ISBN :
0-89791-504-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICSE.1992.753506