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Data/Object Design Problem
Goal:
I'm trying to figure out the best way to model/design and then implement a "user" feature in a system.
Background:
I am designing an on-line access request system, so our company can use a ...
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How can I express recursive composition in UML class diagrams?
I have one class called "Institution" which represents a public institution (with properties like id_inst, name_inst, tel_inst, fax_inst...). The institution can have affiliated institutions, for ...
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Should software developers be skilled at software design?
There is an analysis and design phase of the software development life cycle. Should software developers be skilled enough for carrying out the work performed during this phase, such as drawing ...
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How important are UML diagrams for a successful project?
I'm in the middle of a project and I was asked to write UML diagrams (use cases,class diagram,etc). The project isn't very complex.
I was wondering if this be a waste of my time? Should I just be ...
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Possible applications of algorithm devised for differentiating between structured vs random text
I have written a program that can rapidly (within 5 sec on a 2GB RAM desktop, 2.33 Ghz CPU) differentiate between structured text (e.g English text) and random alphanumeric strings. It can also ...
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Can thesaurus items have more than one USE relation?
I want to model a Thesaurus using the ANSI/NISO standard relation description like "broader term", "narrow term", etc. (see this Wikipedia article for details). Is it valid for a Thesaurus item in ...
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What are ways of drafting a workflow document that maps elements in the design close to their counterparts in code?
We're starting a medium sized PHP web app, written in MVC fashion, using CodeIgniter. Most of the functional specifications have been written, and there are a few features that will definitely be ...
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Is there a way you'd implement a fast tree traversal method that would support dated versioning?
I've got a catalog at work and I want to juke it up a bit because I'm tired of it being extremely slow. I'd like to support the modified preorder tree traversal storage method for the category tree of ...
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How do you perform modeling in an Extreme Programming environment?
I know methodologies, like Extreme Programming (XP), which specifies its own specific practices for developing software. However, unlike Scrum where it focuses more on management aspects, XP specifies ...
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How do you handle time series .Net?
I have been looking for Time Series models over in SO, but I figured this place was the best site to actually ask the question.
I am wondering what is the "best" way to handle Time Series in .Net.
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Web pages in UML sequence diagrams?
In my current project, we have an ongoing discussion about whether or not it's a good idea to include an artifact representing a web page in an UML sequence diagram for a web application, making ...
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What's the real benefit of meta-modeling?
After reading several texts about meta-modeling I still do not really get the practical benefit. Sometimes I think it is only an interesting mind game but no useful tool. Sure it is wise to clarify ...
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Maintaining a list of nodes with challenging requirements
This is a question regarding the design of a collection of ordered nodes which have some requirements that I am struggling to satisfy.
In the problem area that I am dealing with we have routes which ...
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Is there a canonical book on general abstractions and modeling?
I've been trying to understand the fundamentals of general abstractions and modeling: there are quite a lot of books when you search for abstractions, but most of those seem to be about learning ...
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Diagramming large and complex application code
I tried creating a flow chart of a function that I use in my program, but there are a lot of conditional statements in between every process and the diagrams are getting more confusing.
Is there a ...
