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Dragan Milicev, Ph.D. Professor
POB 35-54, 11120 E-mail: dmilicev@etf.rs Publications
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This page contains references to publications and downloadable papers on object-oriented information systems, workflow management, industrial information systems, domain-specific languages for modeling and execution of such systems, and Web application development.
The papers present some originally developed modeling techniques, frameworks, and tools for rapid application development and information system construction in the fields of workflow management, industrial process control, database-centric Web systems, and general-purpose object-oriented information systems.
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Note: Remarks "Recommended" refer to the publications that are recommended for initial, informative reading, in the order indicated with the associated enumeration. The others are with too much or too little detail, less up-to-date, or less interesting.
Recommended
Book
Milicev, D.,
"Model-Driven
Development with Executable UML," Wiley/Wrox, July
2009, ISBN 9780470481639
Keywords: model-driven development, information systems, UML, rapid application development, database applications
Translated to Chinese: Executable UML模型驱动开发, Tsinghua University Press, October 2011, ISBN 9787302256311
Milicev, D.,
"Mesh: An Object-Oriented Framework for Modeling
of Process Control and Management in Distributed
Industrial Environments," white paper, 1999
Abstract:
Complex industrial systems are characterized with strong co-operation of two enterprise levels: production and management. This includes intensive flow of materials and documents throughout the organization. We present a framework called Mesh for modeling these aspects. In Mesh, a system is modeled by a hierarchical structure of organizational units that are interconnected by ports and channels. Ports and channels serve as media for controlled transport of documents and materials through the system. The framework leaves all the implementation details for process control and document contents to the specialized applications, SCADA and DBMS. This way, the model remains open to the traditional approaches and information systems that may efficiently support unique needs of the enterprise. The framework enables a smooth transition from requirement specifications to the executable model. It also supports all the basic object-oriented principles.
Keywords: manufacturing execution systems, process control, industrial information systems, workflow management, port-based objects, modeling tools
Copyright (C) 1999 by Dragan Milicev
Milicev, D.,
"Object-Oriented Modeling of Database-Centric Web
Applications," white paper, 1999
Abstract:
The contemporary three-tier Internet architectures provide a convenient infrastructure for database-centric distributed applications with universal, cross-platform accessibility. However, the software development process for such applications seems to be insufficiently mature and raised on the appropriate level of abstraction to follow efficiently the highly evolved infrastructure and to enable an adequately productive application construction. This paper analyzes the problem in order to discover a common database-centric Web application model that may be formalized. A modeling technique is proposed, which follows well-defined and widely accepted object-oriented modeling principles and the Unified Modeling Language notation. Thus, the approach enables modeling at a high level of abstraction and supports a formalized transition from the object-oriented specification to the running Web application that may be automated. A light prototypal runtime environment and a simple tool that may generate the application from the UML specifications have been implemented. The proposed approach is easy to comprehend, apply, and implement. It is least restrictive, in the sense that it is open for arbitrary extensions that may be implemented using other programming paradigms.
Keywords: Internet, World Wide Web, three-tier architecture, object-oriented modeling, The Unified Modeling Language (UML), rapid application development, database, conceptual modeling
Copyright (C) 1999 by Dragan Milicev