Breaking Out of the Cell: On The Benefits of a New Spreadsheet User-Interaction Paradigm
| dc.creator | Hellman, Ziv | |
| dc.date | 2008-03-13 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T09:26:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T09:26:34Z | |
| dc.description | Contemporary spreadsheets are plagued by a profusion of errors, auditing difficulties, lack of uniform development methodologies, and barriers to easy comprehension of the underlying business models they represent. This paper presents a case that most of these difficulties stem from the fact that the standard spreadsheet user-interaction paradigm - the 'cell-matrix' approach - is appropriate for spreadsheet data presentation but has significant drawbacks with respect to spreadsheet creation, maintenance and comprehension when workbooks pass a minimal threshold of complexity. An alternative paradigm for the automated generation of spreadsheets directly from plain-language business model descriptions is presented along with its potential benefits. Sunsight Modeller (TM), a working software system implementing the suggested paradigm, is briefly described. | |
| dc.description | 12 Pages, 2 Diagrams | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.1875 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.1875 | |
| dc.identifier | Proc. European Spreadsheet Risks Int. Grp. (EuSpRIG) 2005 113-124 ISBN:1-902724-16-X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/156793 | |
| dc.subject | Human-Computer Interaction | |
| dc.subject | J.1; H.4.1; K.6.4; D.2.5; D.2.9; K.8.1 | |
| dc.title | Breaking Out of the Cell: On The Benefits of a New Spreadsheet User-Interaction Paradigm | |
| dc.type | text |