- Author:
- Yaser K. Doleh
SUI is a system independent user interface for scientific computing. SUI uses modern graphics displays for output and a mouse and keyboard for input. Hardware independence is achieved by using the industry standard X11 window system and associated user interface development tools. The goal of this research is to develop a deeper and more complete understanding of the user-level facilities needed to make it easier to use an integrated scientific computing system. Insights can be obtained only through experience and experimentation. The SUI system has been designed and implemented based on results from the literature and our own deliberations. As a software system, SUI also addresses the issue of a convenient interface protocol between the user interface and the underlying compute engine. Thus SUI can serve as a user interface for any system that follows the protocol. SUI also has the ability to control more than one system. This capability also enables a user, as reported here, to link different systems through the user interface. Experiments show that the above described system is feasible. SUI is presently working as an interface for MAXIMA and includes many desired features.
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Wang P, Gray S, Kajler N, Lin D, Liao W and Zou X IAMC architecture and prototyping Proceedings of the 2001 international symposium on Symbolic and algebraic computation, (337-344)- Wang P Design and protocol for Internet accessible mathematical computation Proceedings of the 1999 international symposium on Symbolic and algebraic computation, (291-298)
Index Terms
- The design and implementation of a system independent user interface for an integrated scientific computing environment
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