Linguagem para programação adaptativa se apresenta como um tema relativo às tecnologias adaptativas que suscita muitas pesquisas, até que venha a se constituir em mais uma ferramenta disponível ao programador. Nessa perspectiva, esta dissertação apresenta uma linguagem de alto nível, básica, que permita a geração de código adaptativo, bem como os requisitos e características de uma linguagem dessa natureza, recomendações sobre como projetar um software nessa linguagem e a representação gráfica do mesmo, o respectivo compilador e o ambiente de run-time no qual os programas serão executados. Apresenta, ainda, um exemplo de um programa fonte escrito na linguagem proposta. / Programming Languages for coding adaptive programs constitute a very rich research subject in the field of adaptive technology. It aims to offer a tool for programmers to express adaptive programs in a user-friendly, high-level, machine- readable, abstract notation. This MSc thesis presents the specification of requirements and desirable attributes for high-level languages allowing the automatic generation of adaptive code, and recommends a design methodology for conceiving and implementing adaptive programs using such languages as well. A graphical notation is suggested for that purpose, a compiler and a run-time environment are also considered and described. An example is given of the design and semi-formal specification of an adaptive software with the help of the suggested graphical notation, and finally the corresponding source program is encoded in the proposed language and executed.

This thesis is a textual analysis and discourse analysis that examines the social and programmatic construction of the videogame Minecraft by interrogating how code, design, and fan modifications limit and facilitate play in and outside the game. This thesis will argue that the constitution of gender--and subjectivity, more broadly--is reflected in the language, space, and bodies that shape the boundaries of the virtual world. What makes a player "cyborgian" when they embody a virtual avatar may have less to do the abstraction of agency into a computerized self and more to do with the way in which humans create and maintain conduits to exist between worlds that are both digital and material.

by Li Wai Kit. / Bibliography: leaves 170-178 / Thesis (M.Ph.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1985

by Kong Siu Cheung. / Thesis (M.Ph.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1988. / Bibliography: leaves 114-122.

by Chat Siu Wing. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1990. / Bibliography: leaves 104-107. / ABSTRACT --- p.i / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- TEMPORAL DATABASES --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Importance of Temporal Data --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2 --- Incorporating Time in Databases --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Time Dimensions --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Classification --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2.2.1 --- Snapshot Databases --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2.2.2 --- Rollback Databases --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2.2.3 --- Historical Databases --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2.2.4 --- Temporal Databases --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Current Research Areas --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.3.1 --- Time Semantics at the Conceptual Level --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2.3.2 --- Temporal Data Model --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2.3.3 --- Temporal Query Language --- p.11 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- CONCEPTUAL TEMPORAL DATA MODELING …… --- p.13 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Time Generic --- p.13 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Time Unit --- p.14 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Interval --- p.15 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Periodic Time --- p.16 / Chapter 3.1.4 --- Time Point --- p.17 / Chapter 3.2 --- Extended Entity Relationship (EER) Model --- p.17 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Attribute --- p.18 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Entity --- p.22 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Relationship --- p.23 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Event --- p.23 / Chapter 3.3 --- EER Modeling of Temporal Data --- p.25 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Classify entities and attributes --- p.25 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Define events --- p.26 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Define relationships --- p.27 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Classify Attributes --- p.27 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- LOGICAL TEMPORAL DATABASE DESIGN --- p.28 / Chapter 4.1 --- Embedding a Temporal Relation into a Snapshot Relation --- p.28 / Chapter 4.2 --- The Proposed Temporal Relational Model --- p.29 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Extension to Relational Model --- p.30 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Extended Properties --- p.31 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Extended Information Contents --- p.32 / Chapter 4.2.3.1 --- Different Temporal Information --- p.32 / Chapter 4.2.3.2 --- Retroactive and Postactive Recording --- p.33 / Chapter 4.2.3.3 --- Multiple Values at an Instant --- p.33 / Chapter 4.2.3.4 --- Discrete Valid Intervals --- p.34 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Data Manipulation --- p.34 / Chapter 4.2.4.1 --- Retrieval --- p.35 / Chapter 4.2.4.2 --- Updating --- p.36 / Chapter 4.2.5 --- Probable Undesirable Properties --- p.37 / Chapter 4.2.5.1 --- Redundancy --- p.37 / Chapter 4.2.5.2 --- Update Anomalies --- p.39 / Chapter 4.2.5.3 --- Retrieval Anomalies --- p.39 / Chapter 4.3 --- Mapping Conceptual to Temporal Relational Model --- p.40 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Relations For the Time Generic --- p.40 / Chapter 4.3.1.1 --- Interval --- p.40 / Chapter 4.3.1.2 --- Time Point --- p.41 / Chapter 4.3.1.3 --- Periodic Time --- p.42 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Mapping History into Time Attributes --- p.42 / Chapter 4.3.2.1 --- Attribute History --- p.42 / Chapter 4.3.2.2 --- Existence History --- p.43 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Mapping Entity Type --- p.43 / Chapter 4.3.3.1 --- Strong Entity --- p.43 / Chapter 4.3.3.2 --- Weak Entity --- p.46 / Chapter 4.3.3.3 --- Temporally Weak Entity --- p.46 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Mapping Event Type --- p.46 / Chapter 4.3.5 --- Mapping Relationship Type --- p.48 / Chapter 4.4 --- Joining Synchronous Relations --- p.49 / Chapter 4.5 --- Integrity Constraints --- p.50 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- Creation --- p.51 / Chapter 4.5.2 --- Deletion --- p.51 / Chapter 4.5.3 --- Modification of Past States --- p.52 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- A TEMPORAL QUERY LANGUAGE - TempSQL --- p.53 / Chapter 5.1 --- New Statements --- p.53 / Chapter 5.2 --- New Constructs in Statements --- p.54 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Temporal Operators --- p.54 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Temporal Comparison Operators --- p.55 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- WHEN Clause --- p.56 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- AS OF clause --- p.58 / Chapter 5.2.5 --- VALID clause --- p.58 / Chapter 5.2.6 --- A General Example --- p.60 / Chapter 5.3 --- Semantics of TempSQL Statements --- p.61 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- SELECT --- p.62 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- INSERT --- p.64 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- DISCARD --- p.66 / Chapter 5.3.4 --- UPDATE --- p.68 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- IMPLEMENTATION OF TempSQL --- p.78 / Chapter 6.1 --- The Underlying Environment --- p.78 / Chapter 6.2 --- The Preprocessor --- p.79 / Chapter 6.3 --- The Interactive Interpreter --- p.81 / Chapter 6.4 --- Limitations --- p.82 / Chapter CHAPTER 7 --- AN EXAMPLE TEMPORAL DATABASE --- p.84 / Chapter 7.1 --- The Scenario --- p.84 / Chapter 7.2 --- EER modeling of data --- p.84 / Chapter 7.3 --- Transformation into Temporal Relations --- p.85 / Chapter 7.4 --- Joining Synchronous Relations --- p.87 / Chapter 7.5 --- Sample Queries --- p.87 / Chapter 7.6 --- Remarks --- p.91 / Chapter CHAPTER 8 --- CONCLUSION AND FUTURE RESEARCH / DIRECTIONS --- p.94 / Chapter APPENDIX A --- BNF of TempSQL --- p.100 / REFERENCES --- p.104

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