On the Design of Language for System Design

Presents the idea that language is definable in terms of seven different 'key language types,' that an understanding of these types and their functions support the basic design practices which must be used to build efficient and usable systems for use by human beings. Thirteen specific criteria are listed to assist in the judging and/or constructing of a systems design, based on the design's use of language. Won the award for the Best Paper at the conference. See “On the Design of Language for System Design, Original MS with Slides for Presentation in Vienna” for a copy of the slides used during lecture. Presented at European Meeting for Cybernetics & Systems Research (EMCSR), 4-8 April 1988, University of Vienna, Austria.

The version on Rose's computer, which is a pre-publication manuscript WITH COPIES OF THE SLIDES INCLUDED, is being shown online for these papers. Other versions available from publisher, or for hard copy see Fenwick Library SCRC. 

Winning the award for Best Paper in Design Symposium at the European Meeting for Cybernetics & Systems Research, 4-8 April 1988, Vienna, this paper presents the idea that language is definable in terms of 7 different 'key language types,' that an understanding of these types and their functions support the basic design practices which must be used to build efficient and usable systems for use by human beings. Thirteen specific criteria are listed to assist in the judging and/or constructing of a systems design, based on the design's use of language. The article is in Box 31 Folder 14 at GMU's Warfield Special Collections, but there is also a folder holding the transparencies used with this talk, which is in Box 24 Folder 7. IF EVER REPRINTED BE SURE AND DIG OUT THE TRANSPARENCIES, WHICH ARE IN ACCESS ID NUMBER 1215


 

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  • Category: Languages, Systems Science
  • Size: 45 leaves
  • Description: Handwritten notes, and 1 typed page
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