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Butera, William J. (William Joseph). "Programming a paintable computer." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61123.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2002.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-169).<br>A paintable computer is defined as an agglomerate of numerous, finely dispersed, ultra-miniaturized computing particles; each positioned randomly, running asynchronously and communicating locally. Individual particles are tightly resource bound, and processing is necessarily distributed. Yet computing elements are vanishingly cheap and are regarded as freely expendable. In this regime, a limiting problem i

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Kirby, Graham N. C. "Reflection and hyper-programming in persistent programming systems." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/1673.

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In an orthogonally persistent programming system, data is treated in a manner independent of its persistence. This gives simpler semantics, allows the programmer to ignore details of long-term data storage and enables type checking protection mechanisms to operate over the entire lifetime of the data. The ultimate goal of persistent programming language research is to reduce the costs of producing software. The work presented in this thesis seeks to improve programmer productivity in the following ways: • by reducing the amount of code that has to be written to construct an application; • by i

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Meehan, Gary. "Aspects of functional programming." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1999. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/58566/.

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This thesis explores the application of functional programming in new areas and its implementation using new technologies. We show how functional languages can be used to implement solutions to problems in fuzzy logic using a number of languages: Haskell, Ginger and Aladin. A compiler for the weakly-typed, lazy language Ginger is developed using Java byte-code as its target code. This is used as the inspiration for an implementation of Aladin, a simple functional language which has two novel features: its primitives are designed to be written in any language, and evaluation is controlled by de

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Perera, Roland. "Interactive functional programming." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2013. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/4209/.

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We propose a new kind of execution environment where applications can be debugged and re-programmed while they are being used. We call our overall concept interactive programming. We develop some of the key components of interactive programming in the setting of a pure, call-by-value functional language. We illustrate our ideas via a proof-of-concept implementation called lambdaCalc, but leave several important components of the overall vision, including efficient incremental update and scaling to large programs, for future work. Our specific achievements are as follows. First, we show how to

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Fidjeland, Andreas Kirkeby. "Custom computer architectures for logic programming." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.439777.

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Roe, Paul. "Parallel programming using functional languages." Thesis, Connect to e-thesis, 1991. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1052.

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Cardone, Richard Joseph. "Language and compiler support for mixin programming." Access restricted to users with UT Austin EID Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3077428.

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Qahmash, Ayman. "Towards a model of giftedness in programming : an investigation of programming characteristics of gifted students at University of Warwick." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2018. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/114146/.

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This study investigates characteristics related to learning programming for gifted first year computer science students. These characteristics include mental representations, knowledge representations, coding strategies, and attitudes and personality traits. This study was motivated by developing a theoretical framework to define giftedness in programming. In doing so, it aims to close the gap between gifted education and computer science education, allowing gifted programmers to be supported. Previous studies indicated a lack of theoretical foundation of gifted education in computer science,

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King, David Jonathan. "Functional programming and graph algorithms." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1996. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1629/.

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This thesis is an investigation of graph algorithms in the non-strict purely functional language Haskell. Emphasis is placed on the importance of achieving an asymptotic complexity as good as with conventional languages. This is achieved by using the monadic model for including actions on the state. Work on the monadic model was carried out at Glasgow University by Wadler, Peyton Jones, and Launchbury in the early nineties and has opened up many diverse application areas. One area is the ability to express data structures that require sharing. Although graphs are not presented in this style, d

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Alam, Abu S. "A programming system for end-user functional programming." Thesis, University of Gloucestershire, 2015. http://eprints.glos.ac.uk/2738/.

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This research involves the construction of a programming system, HASKEU, to support end-user programming in a purely functional programming language. An end-user programmer is someone who may program a computer to get their job done, but has no interest in becoming a computer programmer. A purely functional programming language is one that does not require the expression of statement sequencing or variable updating. The end-user is offered two views of their functional program. The primary view is a visual one, in which the program is presented as a collection of boxes (representing processes)

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Dailey, John Charles. "Programming for learning : a discourse analysis of peer communication while programming a computer /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9924878.

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Moore, Robert Keith. "Computer aided programming of a CNC lathe." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25123.

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A software package and associated hardware have been developed which gives users of the ORAC CNC Training Lathe an easier and faster method of manufacturing on the lathe. The package, entitled ORACAP, uses the computing power of a mini-mainframe computer, a VAX 11/750, to assist in part design, program generation, program optimization, and program proving for the ORAC Lathe. The package is designed for users unfamiliar with computers such as students in an educational institute or workers in a production facility and uses command procedures to simplify the preparation and execution of the modu

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Goold, Annegret, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Factors affecting success in undergraduate computer programming." Deakin University. School of Management Information Systems, 1999. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20051111.120545.

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The aim of the research is to investigate factors that may explain success in elementary computer programming at the tertiary level. The first phase of the research included the identification of possible explanatory factors through a literature review, a survey of students studying introductory computing, a focus-group session with teachers of computer programming and interviews with programming students. The second phase of the research that was called the main study, involved testing the identified factors. Two different groups of programming students - one group majoring in business comput

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Perez, Manuel A. "A language for interactive computer graphics programming." Virtual Press, 1987. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/484784.

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The writer defines graphics-oriented data types and operators as the basis for a graphics-oriented programming language. Most of these data types are not available in today's languages. They are usually defined as structures or records composed of some other basic types. These include points, rectangles, transformations, etc. Some operators, such as vector addition, are defined to work with them.The design and implementation of an interpreter to test some of these graphics data types and operators are discussed.The writer also examines some of the tools needed in a graphics programming environ

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Fitzsimons, Annette. "Conflicting discourses : occupational segregation in computer programming." Thesis, Open University, 1999. http://oro.open.ac.uk/57949/.

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This thesis explores issues round gender and job segregation which emerged during a qualitative study of the different work experiences and attitudes of over fifty female and male computer programmers, in a number of computer software companies and in two internationally renowned manufacturing organizations. The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate the emergence of a sexual division of labour in this occupation and thus illustrate the process of segregation. It explores a qualitative approach to the study of vertical segregation in the computing industry amongst computer programmers. It uses F

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Glover, Richard Ian. "A programming environment for computer aided design." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/47077.

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Fulkerson, Lynn. "Synthetic stereograms : computer programming for autostereoscopic displays." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73754.

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Thesis (M.S.V.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1986.<br>MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH<br>Bibliography: leaves 57-58.<br>by Lynn Fulkerson.<br>M.S.V.S.

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Chung, Wai Hing. "Teaching computer control applications : a programming approach." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/19628.

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Li, Lin. "Automated self-assembly programming paradigm." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2008. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10468/.

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Self-assembly is a ubiquitous process in nature in which a disordered set of components autonomously assemble into a complex and more ordered structure. Components interact with each other without the presence of central control or external intervention. Self-assembly is a rapidly growing research topic and has been studied in various domains including nano-science and technology, robotics, micro-electro-mechanical systems, etc. Software self-assembly, on the other hand, has been lacking in research efforts. In this research, I introduced Automated Self-Assembly Programming Paradigm (ASAP²), a

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Grattage, Jonathan James. "A functional quantum programming language." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2006. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10250/.

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This thesis introduces the language QML, a functional language for quantum computations on finite types. QML exhibits quantum data and control structures, and integrates reversible and irreversible quantum computations. The design of QML is guided by the categorical semantics: QML programs are interpreted by morphisms in the category FQC of finite quantum computations, which provides a constructive operational semantics of irreversible quantum computations, realisable as quantum circuits. The quantum circuit model is also given a formal categorical definition via the category FQC. QML integrat

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Wu, James 1975. "A comparison of programming languages for real-time, safety-critical programming /." Thesis, McGill University, 1999. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=30772.

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As the number of applications of computers controlling safety-critical operations increases, the need to ensure the safety and reliability of the software that controls those computers increases proportionally. Ultimately, such software properties are the result of appropriate design and implementation. However, certain characteristics of the language in which the software is written can have an impact on how that language facilitates both design and implementation, and how it encourages safety and reliability in the resulting software.<br>This paper explores the language characteristics that

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Perez, Dominguez Ivan. "Extensible and robust functional reactive programming." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2018. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50348/.

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Programming GUI and multimedia in functional languages has been a long-term challenge, and no solution convinces the community at large. Purely functional GUI and multimedia toolkits enable abstract thinking, but have enormous maintenance costs. General solutions like Functional Reactive Programming present a number of limitations. FRP has traditionally resisted efficient implementation, and existing libraries sacrifice determinism and abstraction in the name of performance. FRP also enforces structural constraints that facilitate reasoning, but at the cost of modularity and separation of conc

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Larsson, Andreas. "Embodied Understanding in Computer Programming : A semiotic analysis of metaphors used in programming." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Pedagogik och didaktik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-147283.

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Language can be seen as a bridge between the way we think and our actions. From a social semiotic, language becomes a resource with which collective knowledge can be distributed. The way we talk about an artefact is a reflection of our conceptual understanding thereof. Often, we use conceptual metaphors to communicate abstract concepts in abstract reasoning domains such as computer science. Conceptual metaphors are formed in relation to primary metaphors and are grounded in sensorimotor experience. Primary metaphors can be used to analyse how we embody our conceptual understanding of specific

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Santi, Andrea <1985&gt. "Engineering Agent-Oriented Technologies and Programming Languages for Computer Programming and Software Development." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2013. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/5634/1/santi_andrea_tesi.pdf.

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Mainstream hardware is becoming parallel, heterogeneous, and distributed on every desk, every home and in every pocket. As a consequence, in the last years software is having an epochal turn toward concurrency, distribution, interaction which is pushed by the evolution of hardware architectures and the growing of network availability. This calls for introducing further abstraction layers on top of those provided by classical mainstream programming paradigms, to tackle more effectively the new complexities that developers have to face in everyday programming. A convergence it is recognizable in

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Santi, Andrea <1985&gt. "Engineering Agent-Oriented Technologies and Programming Languages for Computer Programming and Software Development." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2013. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/5634/.

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Mainstream hardware is becoming parallel, heterogeneous, and distributed on every desk, every home and in every pocket. As a consequence, in the last years software is having an epochal turn toward concurrency, distribution, interaction which is pushed by the evolution of hardware architectures and the growing of network availability. This calls for introducing further abstraction layers on top of those provided by classical mainstream programming paradigms, to tackle more effectively the new complexities that developers have to face in everyday programming. A convergence it is recognizable in

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Chan, Chi-hown Johnny. "Implementation of computer simulation software in learning low-level computer language : a case study /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B24700770.

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Gamble, James Graham. "Explicit parallel programming." Thesis, This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06082009-171019/.

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Quigley, Claire Louise. "A programming logic for Java bytecode programs." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2004. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3030/.

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One significant disadvantage of interpreted bytecode languages, such as Java, is their low execution speed in comparison to compiled languages like C. The mobile nature of bytecode adds to the problem, as many checks are necessary to ensure that downloaded code from untrusted sources is rendered as safe as possible. But there do exist ways of speeding up such systems. One approach is to carry out static type checking at load time, as in the case of the Java Bytecode Verifier. This reduces the number of runtime checks that must be done and also allows certain instructions to be replaced by fast

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Council, Steven Michael. "A 'satisfiability' based approach to integer programming." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1999. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/50600/.

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The purpose of this work is the development of a collection of satisfiability based algorithms that can be used to solve particular instances of integer programming problems. Satisfiability based algorithms have recently obtained a strong standing within the industrial community and, although for all but a few special cases the problem is NP-complete, research has shown that other problems in this class can often be transformed into a corresponding satisfiability problem and solved more effectively using the best SAT-solvers. One of the most important uses of satisfiability based algorithms is

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Petre, Marian. "Findings a basis for matching programming languages to programming tasks." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.252003.

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Wendelborn, Andrew Lawrence. "Data flow implementations of a lucid-like programming language." Title page, contents and summary only, 1985. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phw471.pdf.

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Affleck, Glenn. "Factors involved in teaching and learning computer programming." Thesis, University of the West of Scotland, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.730014.

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Jayawardane, Ananda Kithsiri Wijenayaka. "Optimising earthmoving by linear programming and computer simulation." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1989. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/31915.

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The accuracy of planning and estimating of earthmoving operations in any highway construction is important for both successful tendering and high profit margins. Mass-haul diagrams and experienced engineering judgement together with deterministic methods have been the key factors in planning and estimating earthmoving operations. Despite this, the limited use of Mass-haul diagrams and inaccuracy of deterministic estimates are well known. Although Stochastic and Linear Programming methods were developed to overcome some of these limitations, those available hitherto are relatively fundamental a

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Andric, Marina. "Programming Abstractions for Data Sharing in Distributed Spaces." Thesis, IMT Alti Studi Lucca, 2017. http://e-theses.imtlucca.it/220/1/Andric_phdthesis.pdf.

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The cost of moving data is becoming a dominant factor for performance and energy efficiency in high-performance computing systems. To minimize data movement, applications have to consider data placement in order to optimize data transfer between processing units. To address this scenario, new compiler techniques, tools, libraries and programming abstractions are necessary for harnessing data locality. The goal of this thesis is to offer suitable solutions to the challenging problems of data distribution and locality in largescale high-performance computing. To this end, we have devel

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Hill, Stephen A. "Functional programming techniques." Thesis, University of Kent, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.236147.

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Longley, Mark. "Functional programming applications." Thesis, University of Kent, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.303191.

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Milicevic, Aleksandar Ph D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Advancing declarative programming." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99835.

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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2015.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-153).<br>This thesis attempts to unite and consolidate two large and often culturally disjoint programming paradigms: declarative (focusing on specifying what a program is supposed to do, e.g., shuffle an array so that its elements are ordered) and imperative (detailing how the program intention is to be implemented, e.g., by applying the QuickSort algorithm). The ultimate result of suc

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Weimann, Oren. "Accelerating dynamic programming." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/53302.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2009.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-136).<br>Dynamic Programming (DP) is a fundamental problem-solving technique that has been widely used for solving a broad range of search and optimization problems. While DP can be invoked when more specialized methods fail, this generality often incurs a cost in efficiency. We explore a unifying toolkit for speeding up DP, and algorithms that use DP as subroutines. Our methods and results ca

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Little, Greg (Danny Greg). "Programming with keywords." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/40529.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2007.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-108).<br>Modern applications provide interfaces for scripting, but many users do not know how to write script commands. However, many users are familiar with the idea of entering keywords into a web search engine. Hence, if a user is familiar with the vocabulary of an application domain, they may be able to write a set of keywords expressing a command in that domain. For instance, in the web browsing domain, a user might enter the keyw

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Wallace, Julia. "Quantum computer software." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.369975.

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Bal, Balbir S. "Studies in robot programming." Thesis, Aston University, 1990. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/10647/.

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Öigaard, Sandra. "Programming language & Gender." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för datavetenskap (DV), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-45707.

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Once women were the pioneers within the tech industry, but during the last decades the amount of women who choose a career within computer science has decreased rapidly. Programming languages have evolved during the last decades and because of the growing gender gap in the industry, they have done so involuntarily in the absence of women. The imbalance raises the question if the tech industry and the programming languages have been adapted for a more masculine way of developing software. A quantitative study and a literature review evaluates if there is a need for a computerlanguage developed

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Vaudin, John. "A unified programming system for a multi-paradigm parallel architecture." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1991. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/108849/.

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Real time image understanding and image generation require very large amounts of computing power. A possible way to meet these requirements is to make use of the power available from parallel computing systems. However parallel machines exhibit performance which is highly dependent on the algorithms being executed. Both image understanding and image generation involve the use of a wide variety of algorithms. A parallel machine suited to some of these algorithms may be unsuited to others. This thesis describes a novel heterogeneous parallel architecture optimised for image based applications. I

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Steinhoff, Robert J. "A Performance Comparison of Tree-Based Genetic Programming versus Stack-Based Genetic Programming versus Stack-Based Genetic Programming Using the Java Virtual Machine." NSUWorks, 2000. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/859.

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Stack-based genetic programming uses variable length, linear programs executing on a virtual stack machine. This concept was proposed and evaluated by Timothy Perkis. The Java programming language uses a stack-based virtual machine to perform operations. This paper examined the possibility of performing stack-based genetic programming directly using the stack on the Java virtual machine. The problems of combining stack based genetic programming with the Java virtual machine stack were explored. Excessive runtime delay on bytecode verification of the chromosome carrying classes undergoing fitne

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Cilliers, Charmain Barbara. "A comparison of programming notations for a tertiary level introductory programming course." Thesis, University of Port Elizabeth, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1019679.

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Increasing pressure from national government to improve throughput at South African tertiary education institutions presents challenges to educators of introductory programming courses. In response, educators must adopt effective methods and strategies that encourage novice programmers to be successful in such courses. An approach that seeks to increase and maintain satisfactory throughput is the modification of the teaching model in these courses by adjusting presentation techniques. This thesis investigates the effect of integrating an experimental iconic programming notation and associated

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Sculthorpe, Neil. "Towards safe and efficient functional reactive programming." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2011. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11981/.

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Functional Reactive Programming (FRP) is an approach to reactive programming where systems are structured as networks of functions operating on time-varying values (signals). FRP is based on the synchronous data-flow paradigm and supports both continuous-time and discrete-time signals (hybrid systems). What sets FRP apart from most other reactive languages is its support for systems with highly dynamic structure (dynamism) and higher-order reactive constructs (higher-order data-flow). However, the price paid for these features has been the loss of the safety and performance guarantees provided

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Gustafson, Steven Matt. "An analysis of diversity in genetic programming." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2004. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10057/.

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Genetic programming is a metaheuristic search method that uses a population of variable-length computer programs and a search strategy based on biological evolution. The idea of automatic programming has long been a goal of artificial intelligence, and genetic programming presents an intuitive method for automatically evolving programs. However, this method is not without some potential drawbacks. Search using procedural representations can be complex and inefficient. In addition, variable sized solutions can become unnecessarily large and difficult to interpret. The goal of this thesis is to

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Teague, Madonna Margaret. "Pedagogy of introductory computer programming : a people-first approach." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2011. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/46255/1/Donna_Teague_Thesis.pdf.

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Students struggle with learning to program. In recent years, not only has there been a dramatic drop in the number of students enrolling in IT and Computer Science courses, but attrition from these courses continues to be significant. Introductory programming subjects traditionally have high failure rates and as they tend to be core to IT and Computer Science courses can be a road block for many students to their university studies. Is programming really that difficult — or are there other barriers to learning that have a serious and detrimental effect on student progression? In-class expe

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Palmieri, David Walsh. "Knowledge Management Through Pair Programming." NCSU, 2002. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-20020328-093026.

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<p>Knowledge Management has been the subject of increasing focus over the last several years. Literature and research on the topic has grown as companies and organizations have come to realize that success is often determined by one's ability to create, disseminate, and embody knowledge in products and services. This realization has led to increased interest in examining the ways in which knowledge can be effectively created, identified, codified, disseminated, and retained. The field of Knowledge Management has emerged to address this need.<p>One of the obstacles that Knowledge Management see

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Wu, Cheng-Shiung Jesse. "A wysiwyg literate programming system /." The Ohio State University, 1990. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487683756125668.

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