Analysis, design, and implementation of PHENIX on-line computing systems software using Shlaer—Mellor Object-Oriented Analysis and Recursive Design Original Research Article

An early prototype of the core software for on-line computing systems for the PHENIX detector at RHIC has been developed using the Shlaer—Mellor OOA/RD method, including the automatic generation of C++ source code using a commercial translation engine and “architecture”.