Abstract :
This paper identifies and introduces in simple terms a broad view of on-line circuit design, which reflects the interrelation and relevance of several diverse areas such as network theory, linguistics, numerical analysis, programming systems, and on-line computation. Discussion is presented in terms of 1) the structure of on-line utlities, 2) requirements imposed by the interactional nature of on-line circuit design, 3) program structures (data structures), and 4) network-analysis considerations. A brief set of conclusions is given.
