A knowledge-based environment for modeling and simulating software engineering processes

Author

Mi, Peiwei ; Scacchi, Walt

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

2

Issue

3

fYear

1990

fDate

9/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

283

Lastpage

289

Abstract

The design and representation schemes used in constructing a prototype computational environment for modeling and simulating multiagent software engineering processes are described. This environment is called the articulator. An overview of the articulator´s architecture identifying five principal components is provided. Three of the components, the knowledge metamodel, the software process behavior simulator, and a knowledge base querying mechanism, are detailed and examples are included. The conclusion reiterates what is unique to this approach in applying knowledge engineering techniques to the problems of understanding the statics and dynamics of complex software engineering processes

Keywords

knowledge based systems; modelling; programming environments; software engineering; articulator; design; dynamics; knowledge base querying mechanism; knowledge metamodel; knowledge-based environment; modeling; prototype computational environment; representation schemes; simulating software engineering processes; software process behavior simulator; statics; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Predictive models; Programming; Resource management; Software engineering; Software performance; Software prototyping; Software systems; Virtual prototyping;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-4347

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/69.60792

Filename

60792