A SURVEY OF USER INTERFACES FOR COMPUTER ALGEBRA SYSTEMS

This paper surveys work within the Computer Algebra community (and els ewhere) directed towards improving user interfaces for scientific comp utation during the period 1963-1994. It is intended to be useful to tw o groups of people: those who wish to know what work has been done and those who would like to do work in the field. It contains an extensiv e bibliography to assist readers in exploring the field in more depth. Work related to improving human interaction with computer algebra sys tems is the main focus of the paper. However, the paper includes addit ional materials on some closely related issues such as structured docu ment editing, graphics, and communication protocols. (C) 1998 Academic Press Limited.