On Network Linguistics and the Conversational Design of Queueing Networks
Keki B. Irani, Victor L. Wallace · Journal of the ACM · 1971
Network diagrams are a frequent means of problem description in many technical disciplines.However, problem-oriented graphic systems which use network diagrams as the medium of communication require translators.These accept the information provided in the network diagrams, associate mathematical meaning with the symbols of the diagram, and then transform that meaning into a model of the entire network which is capable of computer solution.A formal framework for these operations, constituting a useful linguistic approach to the translator functions, is offered.The approach is illustrated for Markovian queueing networks.