TADESSE TAREKE.pdf - Addis Ababa University

Table of Contents
List of Tables .......................................................................................................................iii
List of Figures......................................................................................................................iv
Listings..................................................................................................................................v
Acronyms and Abbreviations ............................................................................................vi
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................1
1.1 OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................1
1.1.1 BUSINESS RULES SYSTEMS .........................................................................1
1.1.2 DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES’ TRADE-OFF .................................................1
1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT ..........................................................................................3
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESES ...........................................................4
1.4 OBJECTIVES ...........................................................................................................4
1.5 ORGANIZATION OF THE THESIS ............................................................................6
CHAPTER 2: BACKGROUND .........................................................................................7
2.1 BUSINESS RULES APPROACH.................................................................................7
2.2 OBJECT-ORIENTED APPROACH ............................................................................7
2.3 UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE (UML)..............................................................8
2.3.1 ABOUT UML...............................................................................................8
2.3.2 ARCHITECTURE OF UML.............................................................................8
2.4 DESIGN PATTERNS AND FRAMEWORKS ................................................................9
2.4.1 ABOUT DESIGN PATTERNS AND FRAMEWORKS...........................................9
2.4.2 SELECTING DESIGN PATTERNS..................................................................10
2.4.3 DOMAIN SPECIFIC DESIGN PATTERNS .......................................................11
2.5 SUMMARY ............................................................................................................12
CHAPTER 3: RELATED WORK ...................................................................................13
3.1 UML EXTENSION MECHANISMS.........................................................................13
3.2 MODELING DESIGN PATTERNS ...........................................................................14
3.3 PERSISTENCY USING DESIGN PATTERNS ............................................................14
3.4 AUTOMATING DESIGN PATTERNS.......................................................................16
3.5 RULE PATTERNS ..................................................................................................16
3.6 REQUIRED TOOLS................................................................................................17
3.6.1 REPOSITORY SYSTEMS ..............................................................................17
3.6.2 RULES ENGINES ........................................................................................18
3.6.3 INTEGRATED SUPPORT TOOLS...................................................................19
3.5 SUMMARY ............................................................................................................20
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