An algorithm for transforming design text ROM diagram into FBS model

  • Authors:

  • Min Wang;Yong Zeng;Lei Chen;Armin Eberlein

  • Affiliations:

  • Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, EV 07.633, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G ...;Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, EV 07.633, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G ...;Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, EV 07.633, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G ...;Department of Computer Science & Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

  • Venue:
  • Computers in Industry
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

In this paper, a novel algorithm is proposed to transform a ROM diagram obtained from a design text into a FBS model. Each state of the transformation process is defined by four features: ROM (Recursive Object Model), POS (Part of Speech), PES (Product-Environment System), and FBS (Function-Behavior-State). The transformation algorithm is thus constituted by transition rules which change one transformation state to another, and procedures which apply the transition rules to a given ROM diagram. A software prototype R2FBS is presented as a proof of concept to assist the transformation. Two examples are used to demonstrate how the proposed approach works.