Abstract :
The KBSA Consortium has introduced object-oriented, knowledge-base-supported, software engineering workstations which allow the user to model, simulate, specify, implement, test, and document object-oriented software systems. The current technology has been implemented on VAX and SUN workstations using object-oriented databases. The technology is expensive and fragile. A low-cost alternative is proposed using PC Window technology workstations, a UNIX relational database manager, and a Common Lisp inference engine. The feasibility of this concept is explored in detail, outlining the technologies required, feasibility of their employment for KBSA, initial demonstration of concept, and plan for implementation. It is noted that, by employing the technology commercially, it should be possible to remove some of the fragility of KBSA technology
Keywords :
Unix; engineering workstations; knowledge based systems; object-oriented programming; relational databases; software tools; Common Lisp inference engine; KBSA Consortium; PC Window technology workstations; UNIX relational database manager; knowledge based software assistant; object-oriented databases; object-oriented software; software engineering workstations; Costs; Object oriented databases; Object oriented modeling; Relational databases; Software engineering; Software systems; Software testing; Sun; System testing; Workstations;
