DocumentCode
920588
Title
A review of Macsyma
Author
Fateman, Richard J.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Volume
1
Issue
1
fYear
1989
fDate
3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
133
Lastpage
145
Abstract
The successes and failures of the Macsyma algebraic manipulation system are reviewed from the point of view of one of the original contributors. A retrospective examination is provided of some of the controversial ideas that worked, and some that did not. Input/output, language semantics, knowledge-adjunction, mathematical semantics, the model of the user, and other issues are considered. Possible future directions for algebraic manipulation system building are discussed
Keywords
mathematics computing; software packages; symbol manipulation; Macsyma algebraic manipulation system; future directions; input/output; knowledge-adjunction; language semantics; mathematical semantics; user model; Computer languages; Computerized monitoring; Costs; Data structures; Hardware; Helium; Intelligent structures; Mathematics; Software algorithms; US Department of Defense;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-4347
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/69.43409
Filename
43409
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