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DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING DESIGN SYSTEM DESCRIPTION DATABASE

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 6030
Amount: $49,862.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1987
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
301 Dexter St
Denver, CO 80220
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 JAN PETERSON
 (303) 393-8026
Business Contact
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Research Institution
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Abstract

OUR OVERALL GOAL IS TO COMMERCIALIZE THE DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING DESIGN SYSTEM (DCDS) METHODOLOGY (PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED BY TRW FOR THE US.S. ARMY BMDATC). DCDS SUPERSEDES CURRENT METHODS WITH REQUIREMENTS-TO-CODE SUPPORT FOR REAL TIME DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS. THE SYSTEM DESCRIPTION DATABASE (SDD) IMPLEMENTS AN UNDERLYING REPRESENTATION BASED ON ELEMENT RELATIONSHIP ATTRIBUTE AND GRAPH MODEL OF COMPUTATION PRINCIPLES. OUR PHASE I OBJECTIVES FOCUS ON THE PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT OF A SDD DATABASE WHICH CONTAINS THE COMPOSITION OF SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE ELEMENTS, THEIR RELATIONSHPS, AND ATTRIBUTES (SUCH AS UDF COVERSHEET, SOFTWARE MODULE METRICS, INPUT/OUTPUT DEFINITIONS, TRACEABILITY POINTERS, ETC.). INTERNAL DATA STRUCTURES PROVIDE REPRESENTATIONS THAT PERMIT GENERATION OF GANE & SARSON, YOURDON, STATE TRANSITION, N-SQUARED, AND HIERARCHY CHART DIAGRAMS. SDD SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING BY PROVIDING: COMPUTER SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION ITEM (CSCI) DOCUMENTATION, CHANGE TRACKING MECHANISMS EMBEDDED IN THE DATA STRUCTURES, MAINTENANCE OF SOURCE REQUIREMENTS, AND SUPPORT FOR THE FIVE INTERLOCKING SPECIFICATION LANGUAGES COMPRISING THE DCDS METHODOLOGY.

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