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An environment for rapid prototyping of interactive systems

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This paper shows an environment which supports the development of multi thread dialogue interactive systems. The environment includes several tools and run-time support programs for the design and implementation of the user interface of an interactive system. First, methods of user interface specification with Elementary Nets are discussed. Then, the syntax of a user interface specification language based on Elementary Nets and the pre-compiler for the language as well as a graphic editor for Elementary Nets construction are described. Finally, an example is given to illustrate the design process of a user interface.

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  1. CAD Laboratory, Institute of Computing Technology, Academia Sinica, 100080, Beijing

    Zhao Jinghai & Liu Shenquan

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The project is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

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Zhao, J., Liu, S. An environment for rapid prototyping of interactive systems. J. of Comput. Sci. & Technol. 6, 135–144 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02945364

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