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ThingLabII: Constraint-based user interfaces
areas/constrnt/systems/thinglab/
ThingLab II supports the exploration of constraint-based user
interfaces. It consists of a set of classes that define constraints
and constrainable objects called things. It also includes an
incremental constraint satisfier, a module compiler, a
construction-set style user interface, various tools, and an
extensible set of primitive user interface building blocks.
Origin:
june.cs.washington.edu:/pub/constraints/code/SkyBlue/
Version: v2 (20-MAY-90)
Requires: ParcPlace Smalltalk-80 version 2.3
Copying: Copyright (c) 1989-90 Regents of the University of Washington
Use and copying for research and development purposes permitted.
CD-ROM: Prime Time Freeware for AI, Issue 1-1
Author(s): Bjorn Freeman-Benson, John Maloney
Contact: Alan Borning
Keywords:
Authors!Freeman-Benson, Authors!Maloney,
Constraint Satisfaction, SkyBlue, ThingLab
References:
Michael Sannella, ``The SkyBlue Constraint Solver'', Technical Report
UW CS TR 92-07-02, February, 1993.
Maloney, J., Borning, A., and Freeman-Benson, B. "Constraint
Technology for User Interface Construction in ThingLab II" In
OOPSLA '89 Proceedings, pp. 381-388.
Freeman-Benson, B. "A Module Mechanism for Constraints in
Smalltalk" In OOPSLA '89 Proceedings, pp. 389-396.
Freeman-Benson, B., Maloney, J., Borning, A. "The DeltaBlue
Algorithm: An Incremental Constraint Hierarchy Solver" CACM
33:1 (January 1989), pp. 54-63. Available in expanded form as
Department of Computer Science and Engineering Technical Report
89-08-06, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195.
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