A Design for an Automatic Programming System

The a l g o r i t h m des ign process proceeds in a t o p down manner w i t h t h e p r o d u c t i o n o f h i ghe r l e v e l a l g o r i t h m s r e s u l t i n g i n t h e gene ra t i on o f s p e c i f i c a t i o n s f o r lower l e v e l a l g o r i t h m s . The work ings o f NAPS are desc r ibed below v i a a d e s c r i p t i o n of t h e main sources o f i n f o r m a t i o n which t he d e s i g i c o n t r o l module of NAPS uses .