This book addresses system design, providing a framework for assessing and developing system design practices that observe and utilise reuse of system design know-how. The know-how accumulated in the companies represents an intellectual asset, or property ('IP').
Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction; K. Kronlöf. 2. System Design Practices in Industry Today; K. Kronlöf, N.S. Voros. 3. System Design - Informal Walk-Through; K. Tiensyrjä. 4. System Design Conceptual Model; K. Tiensyrjä, J. Mermet. 5. Concepts for System Design Languages; P. Cavalloro. 6. System Performance Analysis; C. Gendarme, J. van Sas. 7. System Design Reuse; N.S. Voros. 8. Example of Using the System Design Conceptual Model; N.S. Voros. A1: Glossary; K. Kronlöf. A2: Action Semantics; J. Mermet. A3: Language Analysis Framework; P. Cavalloro. A4: Guidelines for System-Level Performance Analysis; C. Gendarme, J. van Sas. A5: Bluestone: A Case Example; K. Tiensyrjä.