An Object Oriented Design and Implementation of the IDEF sub 0 Essential Data Model Using AdA and an AdA Based Expert System
Abstract
This thesis develops and implements an Ada based object oriented design (OOD) of the IDEF sub 0 Essential Data Model called the Essential Subsystem, which includes an Ada based expert system for IDEF sub 0 model syntax checking. IDEF sub 0 is a graphic approach to system description development by SofTech, Inc. for the U.S. Air Force Program for Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing (ICAM) and is a subset of the Structured Analysis (SA) language (30, 36). The IDEF sub 0 Essential Data Model is an entity-relationship (E-R) model of the IDEF sub 0 language and represents the fundamental (essential) information of an IDEF sub 0 model. The Essential Subsystem is so named because of its intended use as a subsystem for integration with the Ada based, IDEF sub 0 CASE tool, SAtool II, that is under concurrent development. The development of SAtool II is part of ongoing research at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), with the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO), on the use of the IDEF sub 0 as a software requirements modeling methodology.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA230814
Entities
People
- Terry L. Kitchen
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology