Control Network Programming Illustrated: Solving Problems with Inherent Graph-Like Representation

CINNAMONS : A Computation Model Underlying Control Network Programming

“…Cinnamon programming is a type of graphical (visual) programming. We believe graphical programming is clearer and more natural for human programmers [1,4], and this results in a faster process of developing a solution to the problem in hand. Of course, at a lower level the CN is transformed into a string in an appropriate language which is manipulated by the CNP compiler.…”

“…This paper introduces a new computation model called Core Control Network Programming, or Core CNP. We introduce it to serve as a theoretical basis for Control Network Programming [1][2][3][4]. Actually, to make the new computation model easier to distinguish (and influenced by the popularity of Pokémon), we will slightly twist the name "Core CNP" into "Cinnamon programming".…”

Syntax and Semantics for Cinnamon Programming

“…4, and let Var = {z,x,y,…}. Let us first consider the function f (2) : N 2 N. It is easy to check that f (2) (7,3) = 4, f (2) (7,7) = 0, f (2) (7,0) = 7, and f (2) (3,7) = 0. f (1) (7) = f (2) (7,0 (2) (0,0) = 0. f (3) (7,3,8) = f (2) (7,3) = 4. f (4) (7,3,8,2) = f (2) (7,3) = 4.…”

“…We believe "seeing" graphically a program makes it much easier to design, test and understand,and this results in a faster process of developing a solution to the problem in hand [2,6].…”

“…Control Network Programming(or CNP) [2][3][4][5][6] is an unusual style of programming in which the program can be visualized as a set of graphs. The (main part of the) program is called a Control Network (CN).…”