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On visual formalisms
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The higraph, a general kind of diagramming object, forms a visual formalism of topological nature. Higraphs are suited for a wide array of applications to databases, knowledge representation, and, most notably, the behavioral specification of complex concurrent systems using the higraph-based language of statecharts.
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- Authors
- Harel, D.
- Venue
- Communications of the ACM
- Published
- 1988-05
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 514-530
- ISSN
- 0001-0782 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-7317
- OpenAlex
- W2064650227
- Cited by
- 1,269
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 51.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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