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- From: kjmiller@mitre.org (Kevin Miller)
- Subject: Data Flow Decomposition Algebra
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.131417.8446@linus.mitre.org>
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- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 13:14:17 GMT
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- I'm looking for information on the use of algebraic techniques for
- decomposing data flow diagrams. This is based on a paper, An Algebra
- for Data Flow Diagram Process Decomposition", by Mike Adler, in the
- Feb 1988 IEEE Transactions On Software Engineering. It describes
- a set of techniques for determining the optimal breakout of processes
- in a data flow model.
-
- Is anyone out there aware of this technique (or similar ones)? Is
- anyone using these kind of techniques for system/software definition?
- Any lessons learned? Any pointers to other similar methods? The
- paper mentioned a Prolog prototype that implemented their techniques.
- Does anyone know of such an animal and where I coould get ahold of it?
- Lastly, does anyone know how I can contact the author? As of 1988 he
- was at CDC in Bloomington, MN.
-
- Please reply by e-mail if possible. I'll post a summary if there
- sufficient interest. Thanks in advance for the info.
-
- Kevin Miller
- kjmiller@mitre.org
- Kevin_Miller.D79_CENTRAL@qmgate.mitre.org
-