公开(公告)号：US07503032B2

公开(公告)日：2009-03-10

申请号：US09881024

申请日：2001-06-15

Applicant: Kumar Bhaskaran ,  Guillermo Gallego ,  Ying Huang ,  Ying T. Leung ,  Nitin R. Nayak ,  Sanjay E. Ramaswamy

Inventor： Kumar Bhaskaran ,  Guillermo Gallego ,  Ying Huang ,  Ying T. Leung ,  Nitin R. Nayak ,  Sanjay E. Ramaswamy

IPC: G06F9/44

CPC classification number: G06Q10/0639 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q10/067 ,  G06Q30/0202

Abstract: A computer implemented system analysis and design method for use in a complex business environment characterized by a set of tightly linked business processes captures in a framework a world view of a business decision and/or a business application software system. A world view is defined by business objectives, constraints, assumptions, data, and underlying model used in business decision and/or the application software system. The framework is used to specify and document each business decision and/or business application software system in the complex environment. A BDML (Business Decision Markup Language) is used to implement the framework for specifying the world view of a business decision and/or a business application software system. A BDML processor comprises a syntax processor that checks the syntax correctness and syntax consistency within an individual and between different documents written in BDML, a logic processor that checks logical consistency between different documents written in BDML, in terms of the business objectives, constraints, assumptions, data, and underlying model among the different documents, and a knowledge-based processor including a knowledge base of business decisions, common choices for their decision support models and commercially available decision support systems, the knowledge-based processor providing suggestions for a set of BDML documents to improve consistency using the knowledge base.