Something
"extra" that makes attending class worthwhile...
Extra Handouts (Archives for 08/25/03 - 10/01/03)
(new additions are flagged in RED; all
downloads open
in a separate window)
- A tutorial for CORE is now
available for download
(courtesy Dr.
Kathryn Laskey, Associate Professor, School of SEOR, GMU)
The tutorial is quite HUGE. I
have broken it into two manageable parts as follows -
- Part 1 - Pages 1 - 20
include details on installation and activation. Download PDF
- Part 2 - Pages 21-62
included details of creating IDEF models and report preparation.
Download PDF
- The following papers are required readings for the second
homework assignment:
- Kamath, M. et al. (2003) “A Review of Enterprise Process
Modeling Techniques,” in Prabhu, Kumara, and Kamath (editors), Scalable
Enterprise Systems – An Introduction to Recent Advances, Kluwer, pp.
1-32. Download
- Nigam, A. and Caswell, N.S. (2003), “Business Artifacts: An
approach to Operational Specification,” IBM Systems Journal, 42, pp.
428-445. Download.
- Sivaraman, E. (2003) “Verification of Business Process
Designs: Issues and Ideas,” working paper. Download
- A template for
the final project is now available for download (courtesy Dr.
Kathryn Laskey, Associate Professor, School of SEOR, GMU)
- A detailed
elevator-system case study that covers all aspects of the system design
problem is available for download.
This is to be used in conjunction with Chapter 6. Please make sure that
you go through it completely to fully grasp the value of input-output
traces, and how they help identify the external systems.
- A collection
of operational concepts for the online ordering system, collected from
the HW #1 submissions of several students is now available for download.
- The first
(classic) paper that discussed Class-Responsibility-Collaborator
diagrams is available at: http://c2.com/doc/oopsla89/paper.html.
- The following
references give good details on object-oriented thinking:
- http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/concepts/
- http://www.objectfaq.com/oofaq2/basics.htm.
To explore more in this site, visit http://www.objectfaq.com/oofaq2/
- http://gee.cs.oswego.edu/dl/oosdw3/
- A very good
tutorial (extensive, well-writen) and contains many insightful thoughts
- read chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the UML
tutorial.
- The
following papers will add to the coverage in Chapters 3 and 12.
- Long, J. (2002) "Relationships between Common Graphical
Representations in Systems Engineering." Download
Several additional papers are available at: http://www.vitechcorp.com/tech_papers.html
- IEEE (1998), "IEEE Standard for Functional Modeling Language
- Syntax and Semantics for IDEF0." Download
- Colquhoun, G.J., R.W. Baines, and R. Crossley. (1993) "A
State of the Art Review of IDEF0." International Journal of Computer
Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 252-264.
I am unable to locate an electronic copy of this paper - however, I do
have a paper copy, and I will try an dmake copies for everyone in the
class.
- An
interesting paper that discusses the role of systems engineers and also
highlights a useful case-study of an automotive guidance system. Download
- A
report outlining the object-oriented design of the Space Commanders
game. Download
- Four
different IDEF0 documents illustrating good modeling practice and
examples of function decomposition in great detail. The models taken
together, represent a purchasing system.
- IDEF0 Model for Manage Materials
Acquisition
- IDEF0 Model for Prepare Materials
Budget
- IDEF0 Model for Process Material
Requests
- IDEF0 Model for Generate
Purchased Part Specification