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π-schemas — a language for graphic representation of algorithms

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The paper describes a language for graphic representation of algorithms based on the graph of a hierarchical structure. The main algorithmic constructs of the language are "sequence," "parallel," "select," "loop," and "substitution."

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Translated from Kibernetika i Sistemnyi Analiz, No. 2, pp. 93–107, March–April, 1992.

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Prokhorov, V.V. π-schemas — a language for graphic representation of algorithms. Cybern Syst Anal 28, 239–252 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01126211

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