Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1995

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Ganesan, Krishnamurthy

Thesis/Dissertation Co-Chair

Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Abstract

The project that was created for this thesis is a Case Based Reasoning application to be used in high level software design for Siemens' Telecommunications software. Currently, design engineers search for existing subtasks in the software that are similar to subtasks in their new designs by reading documentation and consulting with other engineers. The prototype for Software Design Using Case Based Reasoning (SDUCBR) stores these subtasks in a case library and enables the design engineer to locate relevant subtasks via three different indexing techniques. This thesis addresses knowledge representation and indexing mechanisms appropriate for this application. SDUCBR is domain-dependent. Cases are stored in a relational hierarchy to facilitate analyzing the existing implementation from various perspectives. The indexing mechanisms were designed to provide the software design engineer with the flexibility of describing a problem differently based on the objective, level of granularity, and special characteristics of the subtask.

Extent

108 p.

Comments

College of Engineering and Computer Science|Thesis (M.S.C.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1995.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|College of Engineering and Computer Science

Identifier

FADT15198

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