This walks through a project where the BORO methodology was used to re-engineer data in a defence architectural framework standard - MODAF. This standard has a UML metamodel. UML has (to an extent) a formal semantics, but was not designed... more
This walks through a project where the BORO methodology was used to re-engineer data in a defence architectural framework standard - MODAF. This standard has a UML metamodel. UML has (to an extent) a formal semantics, but was not designed to provide a real world semantics. Hence, MODAF at the start had no top level real world semantics, though it had started to establish middle level real world semantics, within UML’s top level formal semantics. This presentation explaines how MODEM used IDEAS (BORO) to bring the real world semantics in. This includes a detailed study of the improvements needed to the UML model for behaviour. This is part of a series of tutorials that walk through examples that illustrate how the BORO methodology has been used to re-engineer data in an industrial context.
During creativity workshops, participants and creativity quizmasters work together in a collaborative way to generate new ideas. They will follow the creativity process based on different phases: discover the topic, apply the creativity... more
During creativity workshops, participants and creativity quizmasters work together in a collaborative way to generate new ideas. They will follow the creativity process based on different phases: discover the topic, apply the creativity methods, generate ideas, formalize ideas, share and evaluate their ideas and select innovative ideas. Up to now, the creativity workshops use simple tools like paperboards, post-its or idea sheets to capture their ideas. With such tools they don’t have the possibility to evaluate, compare, share and select their ideas. In this paper we describe the architecture of a multi agent system called CIMAS (Creativity Ideas Managed by Agent Systems) which helps the participants in a creativity workshop t o generate, capture, collect and select their ideas.
The Upstream Oil and Gas industry is formed of a complex network of contractual structures, highly specialised technical disciplines and technologies that interact across multilateral supply chains for exploration and production of... more
The Upstream Oil and Gas industry is formed of a complex network of contractual structures, highly specialised technical disciplines and technologies that interact across multilateral supply chains for exploration and production of hydrocarbons. The complexity comes with a number of technical, social and environmental risks may affect entire regions and countries. One of the key challenges that organisations face in this industry, is ensuring interoperability across organisational and functional boundaries due to the highly stratified supply chain and deeply specialised technical domains that it creates. This presentation will describe the strategy used to build a robust common foundation for the data; at the centre of which is a stable and resilient data architecture for the oil industry. It will explain how this was achieved including the use of structured foundational design principles and industry data standards including ISO 15926, IDEAS and MODEM.
