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RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMMON GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS USED IN SYSTEM ENGINEERING
Author(s) -
Long James E.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
insight
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-4868
pISSN - 2156-485X
DOI - 10.1002/inst.12183
Subject(s) - block diagram , idef0 , data flow diagram , diagram , system context diagram , computer science , flow chart , chart , function (biology) , engineering drawing , theoretical computer science , systems engineering , engineering , mathematics , database , statistics , evolutionary biology , biology , electrical engineering , computer integrated manufacturing
Most system engineers today use graphical representations of a system to communicate its functional and data requirements. The most commonly used representations are the Function Flow Block Diagram (FFBD), Data Flow Diagram (DFD), N2 Chart, IDEF0 Diagram, and Behavior Diagram (BD). This paper discusses the characteristics of each and shows how they are related.