Information Integration for Concurrent Engineering (IICE) IDEF4 Object-Oriented Design Method Report

This document provides a method overview, practice and use description, and language reference for version 2.0 of the IDEF4 Object-oriented Design Method developed under the Information Integration for Concurrent Engineering (IICE) project, contract # F33615-90-C-0012, funded by Armstrong Laboratory, Logistics Research Division, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, under the technical direction of United States Air Force Captain JoAnn Sartor. Theprime contractor for IICE is Knowledge Based Systems, Inc. (KBSI), College Station, Texas. Dr. Paula S. deWitte is IICE Project Manager at KBSI. Dr. Richard J. Mayer is Principal Investigator.

KBSI acknowledges the technical input (Knowledge Based Systems Laboratory, 1991) to this document made by previous work under the Integrated Information Systems Evolutionary Environment (IISEE) project associated with the Knowledge Based Systems Laboratory, Department of Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University.