An analyst's primer for the RAND/ABEL programming language / Paul K. Davis.

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Davis, Paul K, 1943- [author.]

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Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1990Description: xi, 43 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:

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0833016989

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QA76.73.A14 D38 1990

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Summary: This Note is a primer for analysts wishing to use the RAND/ABEL programming language, a fast, high-level, strongly typed procedural language developed for use in building large and complex knowledge-based simulations in a C/UNIX environment. The primer supplements the comprehensive reference manual by providing a simple introduction and problem sets. The targeted reader is an analyst with subject-area knowledge, modeling capability, and a general understanding of computer programming, but only modest programming skills. After reading this primer and working through the exercises provided, such a person should be able to read and modify substantive logic within RAND/ABEL programs, although sometimes going to the reference manual and depending on more proficient programmers for complex operations or subtle debugging.

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"A research publication from the RAND Strategy Assessment Center."

"May 1990."

The registered trademark symbol "R" is superscript following "RAND/ABEL" in the title.

This research "was conducted in the RAND Strategy Assessment Center ... part of RAND's National Defense Research Institute"--Preface.

This Note is a primer for analysts wishing to use the RAND/ABEL programming language, a fast, high-level, strongly typed procedural language developed for use in building large and complex knowledge-based simulations in a C/UNIX environment. The primer supplements the comprehensive reference manual by providing a simple introduction and problem sets. The targeted reader is an analyst with subject-area knowledge, modeling capability, and a general understanding of computer programming, but only modest programming skills. After reading this primer and working through the exercises provided, such a person should be able to read and modify substantive logic within RAND/ABEL programs, although sometimes going to the reference manual and depending on more proficient programmers for complex operations or subtle debugging.

Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.

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