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4 The Suitability of Using Objects for Modeling at the Systems Level
Author(s) -
Cocks Dan
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1999.tb00251.x
Subject(s) - notation , computer science , object oriented analysis and design , object (grammar) , software engineering , systems analysis , systems modeling , object oriented programming , systems engineering , software , programming language , unified modeling language , artificial intelligence , engineering , mathematics , arithmetic
Functional analysis has been the traditional approach to modeling systems. Now that object‐oriented analysis has essentially displaced structured analysis for software development, it is reasonable to ask whether objects should go on to replace functions for modeling at all levels of system definition. Issues related to modeling notations, methods, and resulting analytical flexibilities are discussed. While the object oriented notations and methods have grown significantly in the past few years, they may not yet be ready to replace functional analysis at the system level.