Information Systems Engineering

1. Introduction.- 1.1 Two Information System Examples.- 1.2 Information Systems Modeling.- 1.3 Contemporary Changes in System Development Practices.- 1.4 System Development Activities.- 1.5 The Methods Problem in Information Systems Engineering.- 1.6 Information Systems Analysis Approaches.- 2. Structured Analysis and Design.- 2.1 Structured Analysis.- 2.2 Structured Design.- 2.3 User Interfaces.- Exercises.- 3. Software Design.- 3.1 A Review of Software Terminology.- 3.2 Software Design for Maintainability.- 3.3 Program Structures for Hierarchical Files.- 3.4 The Object Oriented Approach.- 3.5 Principles for Creating Software with Acceptable Response Times.- 3.6 Workload Analysis of Software Design Specifications.- Exercises.- 4. Database Design.- 4.1 Files and Databases.- 4.2 Data Model Alternatives.- 4.3 Issues in Database Physical Design.- 4.4 Database Design Constrained by Traffic Load Estimates.- Exercises.- 5. Rule Modeling.- 5.1 Rule Formulation.- 5.2 Simple Rule Modeling Tools.- 5.3 Decision Trees.- 5.4 Decision Tables.- 5.5 Structured English.- 5.6 Comparison of Decision Trees, Decision Tables and Structured English.- 5.7 Process Logic and Expert Systems.- 5.8 An Introduction to Logical Inference.- Exercises.- 6. Information Systems Evolution: The Software Aspect.- 6.1 The Role of Standard Software in Information Systems Evolution.- 6.2 The Installation of Software Systems in Organizations.- 6.3 Evolutionary Behavior of Large Software Systems.- Exercises.- 7. Managing Information Systems Development Projects.- 7.1 Project Selection: The Master Plan.- 7.2 The Project Life Cycle.- 7.3 Project Evaluation and Control.- 7.4 The Information System Development Organization.- Exercises.- 8. Information System Support for Information System Development.- 8.1 Contemporary Environments for Supporting System Development.- 8.2 The Functional Properties of Support Systems for Information Systems Engineering (lSE-systems).- 8.3 A Database for Supporting Information Systems Engineering.- 8.4 Information Systems Configuration Management.- Exercises.- 9. Engineering Design Principles for Unsurveyable Systems.- 9.1 The Engineering Design Process.- 9.2 Properties of Unsurveyable Systems.- 9.3 Development of Non-constructive Systems.- Exercises.- 10. Information and Information Systems.- 10.1 Relationships Between Knowledge and Information.- 10.2 Ways of Obtaining Knowledge.- 10.3 Formal and Informal Information.- 10.4 The Information System and Its Environment.- 10.5 Information Systems Viewed as Production Organizations.- 10.6 Self-Referential Information Systems.- Exercises.- 11. Three Domains of Information Systems Modeling - and the Object-Oriented Approach.- 11.1 Subject Domain Modeling.- 11.2 Interaction Domain Modeling.- 11.3 Implementation Domain Modeling.- 11.4 The Basic Concepts of the Object-Oriented Approach.- 11.5 Object-Oriented Analysis.- 11.6 Object-Oriented Design.- 11.7 Object-Oriented, Function-Oriented, and Data-Oriented Approaches.- Exercises.- 12. Model Integration with Executable Specifications.- 12.1 Constructivity in Information Systems Modeling.- 12.2 The PPP Approach.- 12.3 The Problem of Removing Irrelevant Specificational Detail.- 12.4 A Simple Method for Abstracting Away Modeling Detail..- Exercises.- 13. An Example of Comparing Information Systems Analysis Approaches.- 13.1 The Example: A One-Bit Window Protocol.- 13.2 Object-Oriented Analysis of the Communication Protocol.- 13.3 The Communication Protocol Modeled as a State-Transition Machine.- 13.4 Stimulus-Response Analysis of the CommunicationProtocolExercises 473.- Exercises.- 14. Formal Modeling Approaches.- 14.1 The Set-Theoretic Approach to Information Modeling.- 14.2 The Semantic Network Approach to Information Modeling.- 14.3 The ACM/PCM Modeling Approach.- 14.4 Petri Nets.- 14.5 The Behavior Network Model.- 14.6 The Retail Company Example.- 14.7 Simulation in the Behavior Network.- 14.8 Derivation of External Systems Properties Using Path Analysis.- 14.9 The Temporal Dimension ofInformation System Modeling.- 14.10 Modeling With Explicit Time Reference.- 14.11 Modeling With Topological Time.- Exercises.- References.