Kang Zhang

Visual Languages and Applications (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Visual Languages and Applications is a comprehensive introduction to diagrammatical visual languages. This book covers the underlying theory of graph grammars to the applications in various domains. Visual Languages and Applications provides an in-depth treatment of visual language generation and wide coverage of successful, as well as potential applications. Pointers to related topics and further readings are also provided.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780387682570
• Artikelnr.: 43732442

Autorenporträt

Kang Zhang is a Professor in Computer Science and Director of Visual Computing Lab at the University of Texas at Dallas. He received his B.Eng. in Computer Engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology, China, in 1982; and Ph.D. from the University of Brighton, UK, in 1990. He held academic positions in the UK and Australia, prior to joining UTD. Zhang's current research interests are in the areas of visual languages, graphical visualization, and Web engineering; and has published over 130 papers in these areas. He has taught computer graphics and related subjects at both graduate and undergraduate levels for many years. Zhang was also an editor of two books on software visualization.

Inhaltsangabe

The Foundation - Graph Grammars.- Spatial Specification.- Multimedia Authoring and Presentation.- Data Interoperation.- Software Architecture Design.- Visual Web Engineering.- Visual Language Generation.- Conclusions and Future Perspective.

Rezensionen

From the reviews: "The book presents a survey of diagrammatic visual programming languages (VPLs), and a portfolio of case studies illustrating the theoretical work. ... This book presents through survey of the author's approach to diagrammatic visual programming languages, augmented by a comprehensive set of case studies of the approach in practice. It will serve as a thorough introduction to this work ... ." (Simon Thompson, Computing Reviews, December, 2007)