Knowledge-based support for object-oriented design

• Main Author: Loock, Marianne
• Other Authors: Steenkamp, A. L.
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Object-oriented design; Knowledge-based support system; Design methodology; Object-orientation; Software engineering; Software development life cycle; Design cycle; Object-oriented system development; System designer; Expert system; 005.1; Expert systems (Computer science); Computer software > Development; Object-oriented programming (Computer science)
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17231

The research is conducted in the area of Software Engineering, with emphasis on the design phase of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The object-oriented paradigm is the point of departure. The investigation deals with the problem of creating support for the design phase of object-oriented system development. This support must be able to guide the system designer through the design process, according to a sound design method, highlight opportunities for prototyping and point out where to re-iterate a design step, for example. A solution is proposed in the form of a knowledge-based support system. In the prototype this support guides a designer partially through the first step of the System Design task for object-oriented design. The intention is that the knowledge-based system should capture the know-how of an expert system designer and assist an inexperienced system designer to create good designs. === Computing === M. Sc. (Information Systems)