ATTRIBUTE-ORIENTED MODELING AND DIAGRAMMING TECHNIQUE FOR SOFTWARE DESIGN

摘要

The attribute-map, a modeling and diagramming technique for use in software design, which depicts a taxonomy of attributes relevant to a given problem domain. The technique is particularly suited to software problem domains that are knowledge rich and complex, such as occur in finance or medicine. The technique is shown to be a proper generalization of class hierarchies, which are a key concept in current practice object oriented software design. The technique can be applied to tasks in software engineering, knowledge based systems and artificial intelligence.