Title :
Developing a company wide estimating, design and installation system (PROTECT) using object-oriented programming
Author :
Leung, R.E. ; Leonard, R.
Author_Institution :
Wormald Manuf., Manchester, UK
fDate :
1/10/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Object-oriented modelling and design is a new way of thinking about problems, using models organised around real-world concepts. The authors present an object-oriented approach to software development, based on modelling objects from a fire protection environment. The model is then used to build a language-independent design, organized around those objects. The authors also describe some object modelling techniques used in mapping the object-oriented design into an non-object-oriented programming language for constructing the system, and a detailed evaluation and review of Microsoft Fortran is presented for this object-oriented application. The advantages of using the object-oriented methodology in the fire protection environment are reviewed in terms of cost, speed, accuracy and long-term maintenance of the software
Keywords :
CAD; administrative data processing; fires; object-oriented methods; object-oriented programming; Microsoft Fortran; PROTECT; company wide estimating; fire protection environment; installation system; language-independent design; long-term maintenance; non-object-oriented programming language; object-oriented programming; real-world concepts; software development;
Conference_Titel :
Design, Implementation and Use of Object-Oriented Systems, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London