Davis, Paul K.,  1943- <br/><br/>
An analyst's primer for the RAND/ABEL programming language / 
Paul K. Davis. 
 - xi, 43 pages :  illustrations ;  28 cm 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0833016989 
<br/><br/><label>Standard Tech. Report. No.: </label>RAND/N-3042-NA 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Online only 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>ABEL (Computer program language)<br/>Programming languages (Electronic computers)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA76.73.A14  / D38 1990