Generic Architecture Study

Abstract

This report explores the use of generic architectures as an approach to the development of reusable software in Ada. It focuses specifically on their applicability to the development of Army command and control systems. In that respect it is a further extension of work performed by SofTech on generic architectures for the RAPID (Reusable Ada Packages for Information System Development) program of the Army Information Systems Engineering Command and for the RAPIER (Rapid Emergency Reconstitution System) system of the Air Force Command. The report also gives special attention to the use of the Ada programming language in the development of generic architectures. The report examines the concepts of a generic architecture as well as the requirements of Army command and control systems. It then illustrates the application of the concepts through a strawman generic architecture for command and control. The final chapter discusses the activities and issues of importance the demonstration and validation of this approach to reusable software. (kr)

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 22, 1988
Accession Number
ADA227075

Entities

People

  • Richard B. Quanrud

Organizations

  • SofTech, Inc.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Application Software
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • High Level Languages
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Instruction Set Architecture
  • Language
  • Operating Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Software Development
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control