RAPTOR: Introducing Programming to Non-Majors with Flowcharts Martin C. Carlisle, Terry A. Wilson, Jeffrey W. Humphries, Steven M. Hadfield United States Air Force Academy Department of Computer Science 2354 Fairchild Dr, Suite 6G149 USAFA, CO 80840-6234 {Martin.Carlisle,Jeffrey.Humphries,Steven.Hadfield}@usafa.af.mil ABSTRACT When students are learning to develop algorithms, they very often spend more time dealing with issues of syntax than solving the problem. Additionally, the textual
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Table of Flowchart Symbols (aka, Flowchart Shapes, Business Process Map Symbols) |Symbol |Symbol Name |Symbol Description | | |(alias) | | |Process / Operation Symbols
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Design a Flowchart for a Process • Select a process that you do every day but would like to spend less time doing, such as driving to work. I have selected the process of laundering as illustration of flow chart. • Design a flowchart using an appropriate tool. The instructor is more concerned with your ability to explain how process design works and why it’s valuable than with fancy graphics I have used the features of Microsoft Word to design the flowchart. Flowcharts are valuable
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Solutions to REVIEW QUESTIONS –Chapter 1 1. An accounting information system is a collection of resources designed to provide data to a variety of decision makers according to their needs and entitlement. 2. The users of accounting information fall into two broad groups: external and internal. External users include stockholders, investors, creditors, government agencies, customers and vendors, competitors, labor unions, and the public at large. Internal users are the managers in an organization
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3.2 Happy Valley Utility Company a. Draw a system flowchart of the billing operations, commencing with the computer preparation of the meter reading forms and ending with the mailing of customer bills. 3.2 b. Draw a system flowchart depicting customer payments processing, starting with the mail room operations and ending with the two printed reports. 3.4 Prepare a document flowchart to reflect how ANGIC Insurance Company processes its casualty claims. 3.6 a. Prepare a context
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It allows you to break any process down into individual events or activities and to display these in shorthand form showing the logical relationships between them. Constructing flowcharts promotes better understanding of processes, and better understanding of processes is a pre-requisite for improvement. The Flowchart Symbols and Their Usage Process represents a step in your process. Predefined process indicates a set of steps that combine to create a sub-process that is defined elsewhere
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DESIGN TOOLS Algorithms, Flow Charts, Pseudo codes and Decision Tables Designed by Parul Khurana, LIECA. Introduction • The various tools collectively referred to as program design tools, that helps in planning the program are:– Algorithm. – Flowchart. – Pseudo-code. Designed by Parul Khurana, LIECA. Algorithms • An algorithm is defined as a finite sequence of instructions defining the solution of a particular problem, where each instruction is numbered. • However, in order to qualify
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Pseudocode: An Introduction Flowcharts were the first design tool to be widely used, but unfortunately they do not very well reflect some of the concepts of structured programming. Pseudocode, on the other hand, is a newer tool and has features that make it more reflective of the structured concepts. Unfortunately, the narrative presentation is not as easy to understand and follow. RULES FOR PSEUDOCODE 1. Write only one stmt per line Each stmt in your pseudocode should express just one action
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Pseudocode: An Introduction Flowcharts were the first design tool to be widely used, but unfortunately they do not very well reflect some of the concepts of structured programming. Pseudocode, on the other hand, is a newer tool and has features that make it more reflective of the structured concepts. Unfortunately, the narrative presentation is not as easy to understand and follow. RULES FOR PSEUDOCODE 1. Write only one stmt per line Each stmt in your pseudocode should express just one action
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------------------------------------------------- Documentation Techniques Five documentation techniques include data flow diagrams, entity relationship diagrams, system flowcharts, program flowcharts, and record layout diagrams. Data Flow Diagrams and Entity Relationship Diagrams * Data flow diagrams – Data flow diagrams (DFD) use symbols to represent the entities, processes, data flows, and data stores that pertain to a system. * Entities – Entities in a DFD are objects that
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