Accession Number:

AD0753694

Title:

Use of the Concept of Transparency in the Design of Hierarchically Structured Systems

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Personal Author(s):

• Parnas, D. L.
• Siewiorek, D. P.

Report Date:

1972-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

32.0

Abstract:

The paper deals with the design of hierarchically structured programing systems. It develops a method for evaluating the cost of requiring programmers to work with an abstraction of a real machine. A number of examples from hardward and software are given as illustrations of the method.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• ALGORITHMS
• SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
• MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
• STOCHASTIC PROCESSES

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE