ESTEVAL: a decision support tool for hardware/software system design

Author

Jett, David B. ; Midkiff, Sciott F.

Author_Institution

Bradley Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

1995

Firstpage

315

Lastpage

322

Abstract

This paper considers a process and framework for the selection of hardware, software and firmware components for computer-based systems during the final stages of preliminary design. ESTEVAL, a prototype design decision support tool, was developed to investigate and illustrate the role of concurrent engineering in preliminary design, particularly system configuring. ESTEVAL provides a framework for design decision support for the selection of components for system configuring based on multiple design attributes.

Keywords

computer architecture; concurrent engineering; decision support systems; systems analysis; ESTEVAL; concurrent engineering; decision support tool; design automation; firmware; hardware design; hardware/software system design; multiple design attributes; prototype; software design; Concurrent engineering; Decision support systems; Design automation; Displays; Hardware; Microprogramming; Prototypes; Software design; Software systems; Space exploration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems Engineering of Computer Based Systems, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995 International Symposium and Workshop on

Conference_Location

Tucson, AZ, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2531-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECBS.1995.521871

Filename

521871