Selection of programming languages for structural engineering

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dc.contributor.authorHuxford, David C., Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeechairHolzer, Siegfried M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLee, John A. N.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBarker, Richard M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBeliveau, Yvan J.en
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:49:36Zen
dc.date.adate2012-11-14en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:49:36Zen
dc.date.issued1987-05-15en
dc.date.rdate2012-11-14en
dc.date.sdate2012-11-14en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis presents the concepts of structured programming and illustrates how they can be used to develop efficient and reliable programs and aid in language selection. Topics are presented and used to compare several languages with each other rather than with some abstract ideal. Structured design is a set of concepts that aids the decomposition of a problem using basic block structures into manageable subproblems. Decomposition is a process whereby the large problem is decomposed into components that can be easily understood. This process is continued until the smallest component can be represented by a unit of code performing a single action. By means of the four basic building blocks the atom, concatenation, selection, and repetition one can produce a correct well structured program. In addition, the top-down approach and/or the bottom up approach can assist in producing a structured program that is easy to design, code, debug, modify, and maintain. These approaches minimize the number of bugs and the time spent in the debugging process. Various testing techniques supporting the structured programming process are presented to aid in determining a program's correctness. The languages must support structured programming. Microsoft FORTRAN, Microsoft QuickBASIC, Turbo Pascal, and Microsoft C are analyzed and compared on the basis of syntactic style, semantic structure, data types and manipulation, application facilities, and application requirements. Example programs are presented to reinforce these concepts. Frame programs are developed in these languages and are used to assist in the language evaluation.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentxiii, 381 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-11142012-040227en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11142012-040227/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/45671en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1987.H88.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 16736393en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1987.H88en
dc.subject.lcshProgramming languages (Electronic computers)en
dc.subject.lcshStructural engineeringen
dc.subject.lcshStructured programmingen
dc.titleSelection of programming languages for structural engineeringen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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