DocumentCode
1458774
Title
The state dependency diagram
Author
McDermid, D.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Paisley Coll. of Technol., UK
Volume
5
Issue
3
fYear
1990
fDate
5/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
165
Lastpage
173
Abstract
The state dependency diagram (SDD) is presented as an improved model for entity life history states. Entity life histories (ELHs) are used in methods like SSADM and LSDM as a means of establishing the stages each entity occurrence goes through in its life, such as creation, deletion etc. However, ELHs are limited to describing states within one entity, whereas the state dependency diagram shows interdependencies between the states of different entities. Once drawn, the state dependency diagram becomes a model which can be used for subsequent analysis
Keywords
graph theory; systems analysis; ELHs; LSDM; SDD; SSADM; entity life history states; interdependencies; state dependency diagram;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software Engineering Journal
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0268-6961
Type
jour
Filename
54405
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