Embedding object-oriented design in system engineering

Wieringa, R.J. (1999) Embedding object-oriented design in system engineering. In: Behavioral Specifications of Businesses and Systems. Kluwer International Series in Engineering & Computer Science, 523 . Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 287-310. ISBN 9780792386292

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Abstract:	The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a collection of techniques intended to document design decisions about software. This contrasts with systems engineering approaches such as for example Statemate and the Yourdon Systems Method (YSM), in which the design of an entire system consisting of software and hardware can be documented. The difference between the system- and the software level is reflected in differences between execution semantics as well as in methodology. In this paper, I show how the UML can be used as a systemlevel design technique. I give a conceptual framework for engineering design that accommodates the system- as well as the software level and show how techniques from the UML and YSM can be classified within this framework, and how this allows a coherent use of these techniques in a system engineering approach. These ideas are illustrated by a case study in which software for a compact dynamic bus station is designed. Finally, I discuss the consequences of this approach for a semantics of UML constructs that would be appropriate for system-level design.
Item Type:	Book Section
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Information Systems (IS)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/64221
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