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Rules for the Design of End User Languages

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Medical Informatics Europe 85

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics ((LNMED,volume 25))

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Tools for the implementation of fourth generation languages are now available (SCHA83). These tools facilitate the production of interactive systems. A language is defined by a formal grammar in which the semantic actions are embedded (MEI83).

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  1. German Cancer Research Center, Institute of med. and biol. Informatics, Heidelberg, Germany

    U. Engelmann & H. P. Meinzer

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  1. Centre d’informatique Medicale, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc., av. Hippocrate 10, bte 3718, 1200, Bruxelles, Belgium

    F. H. Roger

  2. Tampere University Central Hospital, 33520, Tampere, Finland

    P. Grönroos

  3. The Finnish Hospital League, Toinen linja 14, 00530, Helsinki, Finland

    R. Tervo-Pellikka

  4. The Federated Dublin Voluntary Hospitals, James’ St., P.O. Box 795, Dublin 8, Ireland

    R. O’Moore

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Engelmann, U., Meinzer, H.P. (1985). Rules for the Design of End User Languages. In: Roger, F.H., Grönroos, P., Tervo-Pellikka, R., O’Moore, R. (eds) Medical Informatics Europe 85. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 25. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93295-3_48

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