Summary of PSE

PSEs have been developed for certain areas of mathematics, for example Matlab for linear algebra computations, and commerce, sophisticated PSEs for computational scientists are generally lacking.
Most current PSEs are designed to run on PCs and workstations, rather than on massively parallel computers or networks of workstations.
PSE should encapsulate expertise, enhance scientific productivity, and lead to a more effective use of computational resources.
The PSE should be a complete environment, assisting scientists in developing applications, formulating input, and executing programs.
The compilation, job control, and execution components of the proposed PSE will be based on a meta-computing environment.

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