Accession Number:

ADA191097

Title:

An OOD (Object-Oriented Design) Paradigm for Flight Simulators.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INST

Personal Author(s):

• Lee, Kenneth J.
• Rissman, Michael S.
• D'Ippolito, Richard
• Plinta, Charles
• Van Scoy, Roger

Report Date:

1987-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

104.0

Abstract:

This report presents a paradigm for object-oriented implementations of flight simulators. It is a result of work on the Ada Simulator Validation Program ASVP carried out by members of the technical staff at the Software Engineering Institute SEI. Object-oriented design predominates discussions about Ada-based software engineering. The identification of objects and implementation of objects are two separate issues. This paradigm is a model for implementing systems of objects. The objects are described in a form of specification called an object dependency diagram. The paradigm is not about how to create the specification. Although much has been written on object-oriented design, SEI project members could find no examples of object-oriented implementations relevant to flight simulators. Examples were required for two reasons. First, object-orientation was new to both of the contractors on the ASVP. A methodology which leads to a specification of objects is useful only if developers know how to implement what is specified. Second, managers were skeptical about the benefits of object-oriented design. Examples were needed to determine whether benefits outweight costs.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• *FLIGHT SIMULATORS
• BENEFITS
• SPECIFICATIONS
• SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
• VALIDATION
• COSTS
• TRAINING DEVICES
• COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Subject Categories:

• Military Aircraft Operations
• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE