Emphasizing user-orientation, this book contains selected papers from ELECTROSOFT 99, the fourth in a series of conferences concerned with methodology and the techniques of formulating and building software for engineering applications.

Although they address common goals, the software topics covered are very broad, spanning numerical algorithms, data structures, aspects of programming methodology and user interface designs. The application areas represented are equally diverse, ranging from classical electromechanics to quantum electronics and even virtual reality systems. Contributions are divided under the following headings: Package Design; Interfaces; Software Engineering; Numerical Methods; Symbolic Computation; Parallel Computation; Simulation.

Researchers are still very much involved in creating, perfecting and applying electrical engineering software. However, as the papers in this volume prove, proper software design and user-orientation are now becoming an integral part of the process.