Semi-automatic generation of three-dimensional visual algorithm simulations [Elektronische Ressource] / von Ashraf Abu Baker

Semi-Automatic Generation ofThree-Dimensional Visual AlgorithmSimulationsDissertation zur Erlangung desDoktorgrades der NaturwissenschaftenVorgelegt beimFachbereich Informatik und Mathematik (12)der Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am MainVonAshraf Abu BakerApril, 2009DedicationThis dissertation is gratefully dedicated to mylate loving mother:Nijme Fuad Aref Hmaidy(28.06.1990)iiiivAcknowledgementslthough this dissertation is the result of the author’s research, without theA encouragement and support of some people the completion of this thesiswould have been much more di cult, if not impossible. To all those people I wouldlike to express my deepest gratitude, especially to my advisers: Prof. Dr. DetlefKr omker, who granted me the opportunity to launch this research, as well as Prof.Dr. Georg Schnitger for their patience, support and guidance.I also owe my sincere gratitude to all those with whom I have published a numberof useful papers, for their great cooperation: Borislav Milanovic, Dr. AlexanderTillmann, Dipl.-Inf. Stefan Kappes and Dipl.-Inf. Dirk Grunwald.vviPublicationsome parts of this research have already been published in several papers. InSparticular, Section 4.3 draws on the work presented in [13] and [12]. Sec-tion 5.5 and 5.7 are based on the research published in [11] and [14], respectively.