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S 4 W: a problem‐solving environment for wireless system design
Author(s) -
Mishra Dhananjay,
Shaffer Clifford A.,
Ramakrishnan Naren,
Watson Layne T.,
Bae Kyung K.,
He Jian,
Verstak Alex A.,
Tranter William H.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.817
Subject(s) - visualization , computer science , wireless , graphical user interface , set (abstract data type) , interface (matter) , domain (mathematical analysis) , systems design , user interface , computation , problem solving environment , human–computer interaction , distributed computing , software engineering , operating system , data mining , programming language , mathematical analysis , mathematics , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method
This work describes the Site‐Specific System Simulator for Wireless System Design (S 4 W), a problem‐solving environment (PSE) that integrates visualization and computational tools with a high‐level graphical user interface. S 4 W improves the ability of wireless system engineers to design an indoor wireless system by encouraging them to think in terms of designing the system for optimal performance. Issues of computation management, data management, and location of resources are hidden from the user. The complex nature of data sets in the domain of wireless simulations calls for a customized set of visualization tools. Therefore, a number of ad hoc visualizations were developed for S 4 W. A study comparing the integrated system with an earlier, unintegrated version is presented. This helps to demonstrate the productivity gains that a PSE provides. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.