An interactive environment for scientific development

摘要

System Development Corporation is developing an interactive graphic scientific development system whose primary objective is ease of direction and use. This system provides an environment within which a scientific researcher--for example, an image processor--can design processes, investigate results, and guide experimental steps.The SDC system is interactive and natural. The user communicates in mathematical or graphic handwritten notation; he can use standard tools or create his own. For example, the user can draw a graph and have it saved as a function, or he can create functions using mathematical notation.