Designing and explaining programs with a literate pseudocode

Roy, Geoffrey G.

doi:10.1145/1217862.1217863

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“…A similar approach can be found in Le Borgne et al (2007). Pseudocode can be understood as a generic form of writing an algorithm using a more informal and parsimonious language without the need to know the syntax of any formal programming language (Roy, 2006).…”

Section: Pseudocodementioning

confidence: 99%

Short-term forecasting models for automated data backup system: segmented regression analysis

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The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) becomes a critical area to business success; organizations need to adopt additional measures to ensure the availability of their services. However, such services are often not planned, analyzed and monitored, which impacts the assurance quality to customers. The backup is the service addressed in this study, with the object of study of the automated data backup systems in operation at the Federal University of Itajuba - Brazil. The main objective of this research was to present a logical sequence of steps to obtain short-term forecast models that estimate the point at which each recording media reaches its storage capacity limit. The input data was collected in the metadata generated by the backup system, with 2 years data window. For the implementation of the models, the simple univariate linear regression technique was employed in conjunction, in some cases, with the simple segmented linear regression. In order to discover the breakpoint, a targeted approach to residual analysis was applied. The results obtained by the iterative implementation of the proposed algorithm showed adherence to the characteristics of the analyzed series, with accuracy measures, regression significance, normality residual through control charts, model adjustment, among others. As a result, an algorithm was developed for integration into automated backup systems using the methodology described in this study.

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Section: Pseudocodementioning

confidence: 99%

Short-term forecasting models for automated data backup system: segmented regression analysis

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“…The Fundamental Data Structures unit requires a high level of mastery that requires students to apply the thought process in manipulating data structures. This process, if documented as pseudocode, is a helpful precursor to writing “the real code” . The difference with VKP is that pseudocode is constructed by students visually and kinesthetically.…”

Section: Visual Kinesthetic Pseudocodementioning

confidence: 99%

Teaching and learning data structure concepts via Visual Kinesthetic Pseudocode with the aid of a constructively aligned app

Odisho

Aziz

Giacaman

2016

Comp Applic In Engineering

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Data Structures is an integral topic for any Computer Science or Software Engineering degree, identified as a Core Tier-1 topic of the ACM/IEEE Computer Science Curricula. The underlying concepts are inherently abstract, making them especially difficult to understand for novice programmers. This paper proposes a cognitively challenging technique to help students understand the thought process that the learning outcomes of fundamental data structure units aim to achieve. The development of this thought process is using a technique we term Visual Kinesthetic Pseudocode, with the overarching goal of helping students code without coding, yet providing the necessary scaffold to guide them in implementing the data structures with real code. This was implemented in the form of InteractiveDS, an app for students and teachers to guide the learning of fundamental data structure concepts. The evaluations demonstrate that students strongly credited InteractiveDS in aiding their understanding of concepts and confidence in applying data structure concepts in practice. The study is also a step forward in revealing potential threshold concepts pertaining to data structure modules.

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“…• it is more concise, clearer, and contains less potential for ambiguity (Roy, 2006) • it provides those an idea of the basic action taken by a computer system during a specific set of routines, algorithms, or procedures (Roy, 2006) • it provides a template for translation by programmers into specific languages (e.g., C++, Java, etc.) that is more straightforward and user-friendly than plain English text (Bellamy, 1994).…”

Section: Pseudocodementioning

confidence: 99%

Digital standard setting: the inevitable paradigm

Vasarhelyi

Krahel

2011

IJEA

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Many steps in the creation and dissemination of new accounting standards lag behind the rest of the modern world. Issues are often addressed too late to rectify major problems, in language at once too vague to deal effectively with the nuances of real world business decisions, and too lengthy to be of use to managers who need to easily and quickly absorb a new manner of thinking. Standards must become clearer, more concise and more timely.We advocate an expansion of the FASB's promulgation framework. Specifically, we advocate an alternate, pseudocoded presentation. By translating written standards into a form that can easily be adapted by software developers into proprietary languages, the FASB will reduce ambiguity, increase uniformity of application, and reduce lag between the introduction of a standard and its universal implementation. We present and discuss two examples of the application of pseudocode to pre-and post-codification accounting standards.

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Designing and explaining programs with a literate pseudocode

Cited by 19 publications

References 14 publications

Short-term forecasting models for automated data backup system: segmented regression analysis

Short-term forecasting models for automated data backup system: segmented regression analysis

Teaching and learning data structure concepts via Visual Kinesthetic Pseudocode with the aid of a constructively aligned app

Digital standard setting: the inevitable paradigm

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