An Emitter Data Maintenance and Retrieval System.
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis was to design and implement a system which maintained and processed electronic emitter data. The successful completion of this project resulted in a product which accomplishes the required tasks. The initial phase of the project was the requirements analysis. The technique used for this phase (Structured Analysis) proved to be only partially successful. It was only used at a very high level. For larger projects where more communication is necessary among designers and with users, it would be more beneficial. It was useful as a means of organizing the ideas of the designer, but the user/designer interaction was accomplished without the data flow diagrams. Familiarizing the user with the technique would be more productive on a larger project. The Structured Design technique used during the design specification stage was of greater value. It proved to be a very organized and effective method of taking a general task and breaking it into modules which could be easily coded and maintained. Even small software projects such as this, can benefit from this or similar techniques. The choice of a programming language which encourages structured coding proved a wise decision. PASCAL is a highly readable language. While only an outside observer can determine how readable the resulting product is, the designer found debugging to be much simpler than expected.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA080416
Entities
People
- Clifford C. Gardner
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology