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Demonstrated: distributed database conveyor emulation

Academic Solutions

There are many really good partial solutions which this proposal lumps under the Academic title. However, none really encompass the entire engineering process.

Doors - Requirements, Actions, to Tractability not much for visibility
Unified Modeling Language (UML) - Great first step for connecting requirements to software.
MatLab - Great for control laws and code generation.
Lab View - Lab environment controls and testing.
Structured Analysis/Design - Shows software inter-relations.
Object Oriented Philosophy - Actually where this proposal is derived.

A philosopher/theologian friend once said "Object Oriented really is only Top Down with one additional requirement: There never will be all the requirements." This can be re-interpreted as, "deliver current capabilities well and concentrate on new capabilities." Object Oriented Software has made huge gains in reuse and quick prototyping.