Integration of information model (IDEF1) with function model (IDEFO) for CIM information systems design

✍ Scribed by Lu Lingzhi; Ang Cheng Leong; Robert K.L. Gay

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 648 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0957-4174
• DOI: 10.1016/0957-4174(96)00016-4

✦ Synopsis

In this paper a methodology is proposed for the integration of lDEF1 with IDEFO, allowing an IDEFI model to be generated easily from the corresponding IDEFO model. The methodology involves:

(1) the principle for the integration of lDEF1 with IDEFO based on the concepts of lDEF methods; (2) the new requirements for IDEFO diagrams at the relative bottom levels to meet the prerequisites for the integration of IDEF models; (3) the development of a knowledge-based system (KBIDEF) for the integration of the IDEF1 model with its corresponding IDEFO model; (4) the design of two databases: object-oriented IDEFO and IDEF1 databases, three libraries: Entity Class Library, Relation Class Library and Domain Relation Class Library and two knowledge bases: Relation Analysis Knowledge Base and Domain Knowledge Base for CIM information system design. Finally, the paper suggests some areas for future work.