Some philosophic foundations for an environment for system building
Bruce I. Blum, Vincent G. Sigillito · 1985
This paper considers the philosophic foundations for a system which automatically produces interactive information systems (IIS).Based upon an interpretation of the software process, a review of the knowledge domains used during the process, a description of the models represented by the process, and a consideration of the biases imposed by the cognitive process, two assertions are made:(1) it is possible to build a knowledge base that completely specifies an IIS application, and (2) it is possible to generate an operational IIS from that knowledge base automatically.A research system dedicated to demonstrating this -the Environment for Building Systems -is then briefly described.