On 19 Sep 2007, at 17:58, Bennett Kankuzi wrote:
I am working on some research topic in spreadsheets. One of the basic
questions in this research is on the idea of goals in spreadsheets.
Since a spreadsheet is a program, it has to have high-level goals
.....
Hello Bennet
Good for you. You will be pleased to know that there is previous
relevant research. Besides the work of Margaret Burnett's team at
OSU that Alan Blackwell mentioned, may I draw your attention to work
in Finland by Jorma Sajaniemi and his colleagues, especially Markku
Tukiainen:
Sajaniemi, J. (1989). Goals and Plans as a Basis for User Interfaces
in Spreadsheet Calculation. West of East (eds. K. Pulliainen & H.
Sihvo), The University of Joensuu, 129-140.
Sajaniemi, J., Tukiainen, M. (1996). Goals and Plans in Spreadsheets
and Other Programming Tools (Extended Abstract). PPIG 8, Proceedings
of the 8th Annual Workshop of the Psychology of Programming Interest
Group, (eds. P. Vanneste, K. Bertels, B. De Decker, J-M. Jaques),
KaHo Sint Lieven, Belgium, 114-122.
Tukiainen, M., Sajaniemi, J. (1996). Spreadsheet Goal and Plan
Catalog: Additive and Multiplicative Computational Goals and Plans in
Spreadsheet Calculation. University of Joensuu, Department of
Computer Science, Technical Report, Series A, Report A-1996-4.
The PPIG presentations can be downloaded from the PPIG website, and I
am sure that Professor Sajaniemi would be delighted to send full
versions of all relevant papers. His email address is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Best wishes and good luck - I hope you'll make sure to give a PPIG
paper on your findings in due course -
Thomas Green
Visiting Professor
University of Leeds
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