Mathematical aspects of box structures

Author

Mills, H.D. ; Linger, Richard C. ; Hevner, Alan R.

Volume

2

fYear

1988

fDate

0-0 1988

Firstpage

745

Lastpage

753

Abstract

The box structures of black box, state machine, and clear box, which are fundamental objects for analysis and design of information systems in the box structure methodology, are considered. Mathematical properties of each of the box structures are presented. Derivation and expansion tasks provide a means of converting a system from one box structure representation to another. An actual case study involving the US Navy power system demonstrates the use of derivation and expansion in the analysis of a supply reorder policy.<>

Keywords

data structures; mathematical analysis; military computing; stock control; systems analysis; US Navy power system; black box; box structure methodology; box structure representation; case study; clear box; expansion tasks; fundamental objects; information systems analysis; mathematical aspects; state machine; supply reorder policy; transition functions; Algebra; Calculators; Control systems; History; Information analysis; Information systems; Microcomputers; Milling machines; Real time systems; Software design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1988. Vol.II. Software Track, Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kailua-Kona, HI, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0842-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1988.11875

Filename

11875