Taskmaster: an interactive, graphical environment for task specification, execution and monitoring
Titel:
Taskmaster: an interactive, graphical environment for task specification, execution and monitoring
Auteur:
Arthur, James D. Raghu, K. S.
Verschenen in:
Behaviour & information technology
Paginering:
Jaargang 8 (1989) nr. 3 pagina's 219-233
Jaar:
1989
Inhoud:
Taskmaster is an interactive environment that employs a unique blend of graphic technologies and iconic images to support user task specification. In this environment, problem solving is based on the selection, specification, and composition of tools that correspond to natural sets of ordered operations. The Taskmaster environment is novel in that it (provides an interactive, visual-based approach to user task specification; (encourages and supports task specification and refinement processes from both the top-down and bottom-up perspectives; and (enables one to specify parallel tasks in a natural and convenient manner To “program” a given task within the Taskmaster environment, one decomposes it into an ordered set of conceptually simple, high-level operations, and then combines (composes) a corresponding network of software tools that implements these operations. Execution of the specified network provides a task solution. Major system components supporting user task specification include a network editor, a tools database and a network execution monitor.
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