{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2010899300","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/514144.514743","title":"Using the Alfa-1 simulated processor for educational purposes","display_name":"Using the Alfa-1 simulated processor for educational purposes","publication_year":2001,"publication_date":"2001-12-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2010899300","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/514144.514743","mag":"2010899300"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/514144.514743","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/514144.514743","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/514144.514743","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210208609","display_name":"Journal on Educational Resources in Computing","issn_l":"1531-4278","issn":["1531-4278"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal on Educational Resources in Computing","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5030054278","display_name":"Gabriel Wainer","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3366-9184","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3366-9184"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I67031392","display_name":"Carleton University","ror":"https://ror.org/02qtvee93","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I67031392"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Gabriel A. Wainer","raw_affiliation_strings":["Carleton Univ","(Carleton University)"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Carleton Univ","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I67031392"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"(Carleton University)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I67031392"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5000943074","display_name":"Sergio Daicz","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I24354313","display_name":"Universidad de Buenos Aires","ror":"https://ror.org/0081fs513","country_code":"AR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I24354313"]}],"countries":["AR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sergio Daicz","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universidad de Buenos Aires"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universidad de Buenos Aires","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24354313"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5055873711","display_name":"Luis F. De Simoni","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I24354313","display_name":"Universidad de Buenos Aires","ror":"https://ror.org/0081fs513","country_code":"AR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I24354313"]}],"countries":["AR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Luis F. De Simoni","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universidad de Buenos Aires"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universidad de Buenos Aires","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24354313"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5085647476","display_name":"Demi\u00e1n Wassermann","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5194-6056","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5194-6056"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I24354313","display_name":"Universidad de Buenos Aires","ror":"https://ror.org/0081fs513","country_code":"AR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I24354313"]}],"countries":["AR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Demian Wassermann","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universidad de Buenos Aires"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universidad de Buenos Aires","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24354313"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.9432,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":12,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.86949946,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":93},"biblio":{"volume":"1","issue":"4","first_page":"111","last_page":"151"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11283","display_name":"Experimental Learning in Engineering","score":0.7383000254631042,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11283","display_name":"Experimental Learning in Engineering","score":0.7383000254631042,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13682","display_name":"Engineering Education and Pedagogy","score":0.10520000010728836,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10533","display_name":"Teaching and Learning Programming","score":0.04600000008940697,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-architecture-education","display_name":"computer architecture education","score":0.7900000214576721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/devs-formalism","display_name":"DEVS formalism","score":0.8389999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/component-based-modeling","display_name":"component modeling","score":0.5379999876022339},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-organization","display_name":"computer organization","score":0.5},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/testing-tools","display_name":"testing tools","score":0.6320000290870667}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7309327125549316},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C68757728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q911082","display_name":"DEVS","level":3,"score":0.6201993823051453},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31170391","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188619","display_name":"Hierarchy","level":2,"score":0.5651349425315857},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C73301696","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5469984","display_name":"Formalism (music)","level":3,"score":0.5601532459259033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123657996","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12271","display_name":"Architecture","level":2,"score":0.538473904132843},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.5068431496620178},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C168167062","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1117970","display_name":"Component (thermodynamics)","level":2,"score":0.4571211040019989},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118524514","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173212","display_name":"Computer architecture","level":1,"score":0.4547010660171509},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.3463137149810791},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44154836","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45045","display_name":"Simulation","level":1,"score":0.18118777871131897},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C167343916","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6888384","display_name":"Modeling and simulation","level":2,"score":0.14094391465187073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97355855","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11473","display_name":"Thermodynamics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34447519","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179522","display_name":"Market economy","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153349607","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36649","display_name":"Visual arts","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142362112","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735","display_name":"Art","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C558565934","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2743","display_name":"Musical","level":2,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/514144.514743","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/514144.514743","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/514144.514743","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210208609","display_name":"Journal on Educational Resources in Computing","issn_l":"1531-4278","issn":["1531-4278"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal on Educational Resources in Computing","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.102.1846","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.102.1846","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://www.citidel.org/bitstream/10117/138/2/alfa1JERIC-def.PDF","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.163.7477","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.163.7477","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://cell-devs.sce.carleton.ca/publications/2001/WDDW01/Alfa1-JERIC.pdf","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.199.8277","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.199.8277","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/wainer/usenix/TechRep.pdf","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Quality education","score":0.7563999891281128,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":46,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W5874211","https://openalex.org/W45260576","https://openalex.org/W158129124","https://openalex.org/W1481530134","https://openalex.org/W1490915308","https://openalex.org/W1538592187","https://openalex.org/W1555915743","https://openalex.org/W1562102969","https://openalex.org/W1567646530","https://openalex.org/W1581210787","https://openalex.org/W1581821647","https://openalex.org/W1583453248","https://openalex.org/W1705659987","https://openalex.org/W1715248483","https://openalex.org/W1804921254","https://openalex.org/W1909227021","https://openalex.org/W1910771831","https://openalex.org/W1970140504","https://openalex.org/W1973719982","https://openalex.org/W1986244802","https://openalex.org/W2003558993","https://openalex.org/W2011992756","https://openalex.org/W2023730632","https://openalex.org/W2032094184","https://openalex.org/W2041330544","https://openalex.org/W2070287864","https://openalex.org/W2085460016","https://openalex.org/W2112768459","https://openalex.org/W2138656297","https://openalex.org/W2144345225","https://openalex.org/W2147058713","https://openalex.org/W2267176325","https://openalex.org/W2327116808","https://openalex.org/W2519134721","https://openalex.org/W2521134616","https://openalex.org/W2725333453","https://openalex.org/W2796341672","https://openalex.org/W4236221610","https://openalex.org/W4253613050","https://openalex.org/W4254279436","https://openalex.org/W4285719527","https://openalex.org/W6634896182","https://openalex.org/W6634941054","https://openalex.org/W6656292422","https://openalex.org/W6680590081","https://openalex.org/W7015300591"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1634818802","https://openalex.org/W5874211","https://openalex.org/W3169947579","https://openalex.org/W1996462290","https://openalex.org/W7096903887","https://openalex.org/W2112394217","https://openalex.org/W1978585956","https://openalex.org/W4242510205","https://openalex.org/W3006665450","https://openalex.org/W205791063"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Alfa-1":[0,10,58,73],"is":[1,31],"a":[2,42,53],"simulated":[3],"computer":[4,7],"designed":[5],"for":[6,74],"organization":[8],"courses.":[9],"and":[11,37,59,68,84,87],"its":[12],"accompanying":[13],"toolkit":[14],"allow":[15],"students":[16],"to":[17,33,38,64,71,81,89],"acquire":[18],"practical":[19],"insights":[20],"into":[21,41],"developing":[22],"hardware":[23],"by":[24],"extending":[25],"existing":[26,66],"components.":[27],"The":[28],"DEVS":[29],"formalism":[30],"used":[32],"model":[34],"individual":[35],"components":[36],"integrate":[39],"them":[40],"hierarchy":[43],"that":[44],"describes":[45],"the":[46,60],"detailed":[47],"behavior":[48],"of":[49,52],"different":[50],"levels":[51],"computer's":[54],"architecture.":[55],"We":[56,77],"introduce":[57],"toolkit,":[61],"show":[62],"how":[63,70,80,88],"extend":[65],"components,":[67],"describe":[69],"use":[72],"educational":[75],"purposes.":[76],"also":[78],"explain":[79],"assemble,":[82],"link,":[83],"execute":[85],"applications":[86],"test":[90],"new":[91],"extensions":[92],"usingthe":[93],"testing":[94],"tools.":[95]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}