A Perspective on Automatic Programming

Authors

  • David R. Barstow

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v5i1.422

Abstract

Most work in automatic programming has focused primarily on the roles of deduction and programming knowledge. However, the role played by knowledge of the task domain seems to be at least as important, both for the usability of an automatic programming system and for the feasibility of building one which works on non-trivial problems. This perspective has evolved during the course of a variety of studies over the last several years, including detailed examination of existing software for a particular domain (quantitative interpretation of oil well logs) and the implementation of an experimental automatic programming system for that domain. The importance of domain knowledge has two important implications: a primary goal of automatic programming research should be to characterize the programming process for specific domains; and a crucial issue to be addressed in these characterizations is the interaction of domain and programming knowledge during program synthesis.

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Published

1984-03-15

How to Cite

Barstow, D. R. (1984). A Perspective on Automatic Programming. AI Magazine, 5(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v5i1.422

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