System modeling facilitating method and apparatus

US7707017B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Haiqi Liang · Beijing, CN
• Dong Hui Liu · Beijing, CN
• Ying Liu · Austin, US
• Zhong Tian · Beijing, CN
• Jian Wang · Beijing, CN
• Xin Zhou · Shanghai, CN
• Jun Zhu · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: May 26, 2006
• Grant date: Apr 27, 2010
• Expiry date: Nov 15, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/04
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system modeling facilitating method and apparatus, wherein, entities and interactions among the entities are introduced gradually starting from critical entities in a system to form an abstract view of the entities. An associated sub-module is built for at least one of the entities and interfaces to other entities are formed for the sub-module. Representations of behaviors and logical relations among the behaviors, as well as links between its interfaces and representations of behaviors are built. When an entity is extended to be a sub-module, other entities appear in abstract form, forming a local view of sub-module together with the other entities shown in abstract form. A global view can be formed by combining the sub-modules depicted in the local view based on the interaction described in the abstract view.