Semi-Automatic Generation of Web-Based Computing Environments for Software Libraries

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Author(s) : Pedher Johansson , Daniel Kressner

Preprint series of the Institute of Mathematics, Technische Universität Berlin
Preprint 717-2001

MSC 2000

68U35 Information systems
97U50 Computer assisted instruction and programmed instruction

Abstract :
A set of utilities for generating web computing environments related to mathematical and engineering library software is presented. The web interface can be accessed from a standard world wide web browser with no need for additional software installations on the local machine. The environment provides a user-friendly access to computational routines, workspace management, reusable sessions and support of various data formats, including {\sc Matlab} binaries. The creation of new interfaces is a straightforward process. All necessary web pages are automatically generated from XML description files. The integration of the control and systems library SLICOT demonstrates the efficacy of this approach.

Keywords : Web computing, Software, control theory