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April 1994 (Vol. 9, No. 2)
pp. 54-59
Representing and Maintaining Process Knowledge for Large-Scale Systems Development
Balasubramaiam Ramaesh
Vasant Dhar
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Discusses how the Remap system (representation and maintenance of process knowledge) uses a semiformal representation that supports the design and maintenance of large-scale software systems. The conceptual model relates design rationale knowledge to the resulting system, providing the primitives/ templates with which we can capture (often informal) design rationale information. The model's semantics are well defined, allowing automated reasoning with its components. By providing a complete design history, Remap enhances the understandability of designs and offers a mechanism for propagating changes in design decisions into changes in design solutions.
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Citation:
Balasubramaiam Ramaesh, Vasant Dhar,
"Representing and Maintaining Process Knowledge for Large-Scale Systems Development,"
IEEE Expert: Intelligent Systems and Their Applications,
vol. 09,
no. 2,
pp. 54-59,
Apr.,
1994
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