DocumentCode :
2662285
Title :
Process programming by hindsight
Author :
Garg, Pankaj K. ; Bhansali, Sanjay
Author_Institution :
Hewlett-Packard Labs
fYear :
1992
fDate :
0-0 1992
Firstpage :
280
Lastpage :
293
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;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering, 1992. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, Australia
ISSN :
0270-5257
Print_ISBN :
0-89791-504-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICSE.1992.753506
Filename :
753506
Link To Document :
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