BUGSYS: a programming system for picture processing—not for debugging

Authors:
R. S. Ledley;J. Jacobsen;M. Belson
Affiliations:
National Biomedical Research Foundation, Silver Spring, MD;National Biomedical Research Foundation, Silver Spring, MD;National Biomedical Research Foundation, Silver Spring, MD
Venue:
Communications of the ACM
Year:
1966

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Abstract

BUGSYS is a picture processing and measuring system that depends upon a pictorial input to the computer's memory. BUGSYS can be used for many types of applications. In particular, the authors have used the system for the analysis of linear graphs. The main concept of the system is the use of a collection of programmable pointers, which are visualized as a family of “bugs.”