OOD References

[EBERARD@USC-ECLB.ARPA (Edward V. Berard)]

Paul,
   In reference to your request for more information on Object Oriented
Design approached, the following references should prove helpful:

- R.J. Abbott, "Program Design by Informal English Descriptions,"
Communications of the ACM, Vol.26, No. 11, November 1983, pp.882-894.

- G. Booch, "Object Oriented Design," Ada Letters, Vol. 1, No. 3, March
1982, pp.64-76.

- B.J. Cox, "The Message/Object Programming Model: A Small Change at a
Deep Conceptual Level," in IEEE Proceedings of the Softfair: A
Conference on Software Development Tools, Techniques, and Alternatives,
July 25-28, 1983, pp.51-60.

- T. Love, "Experiences With SMALLTALK-80(TM) for Application
Development," in IEEE Proceedings of the Softfair: A Conference on
Software Development Tools, Techniques, and Alternatives, July 25-28,
1983, pp. 61-65.

- D.A. Boehm-Davis and L.S. Ross, "Approaches to Structuring the
Software Development Process," General Electric Technical Report Number
TR-84-B1V-1, October 1984. [For a copy of this report, contact Deborah
Boehm-Davis at: George Mason University, Psychology Dept., 4400
University Drive, Fairfax, VA, 22030]

- B.J. Cox, "Object Oriented Programming, A System-Building Tool,"
published by Productivity Products International, 27 Glen Road, Sandy
Hook, CT.

- G. Booch, "Object-Oriented Development" to be published soon

- Rentsch, T. "Object Oriented Programming," SIGPLAN Notices, Vol. 17,
No. 9, September 1982, pp. 51-57.

- G. Buzzard and T. Mudge, "Object-Based Computing and the Ada
Programming Language," IEEE Computer, Vol. 18, No. 3, March 1985, pp.
12-19.

- B. MacLennon, "Values and Objects in Programming Languages," SIGPLAN
Notices, Vol. 17, No. 12, December 1982, pp. 70-79.

- G. Booch, "Object-Oriented Design," (Adapted from Software Engineering
With Ada, 1983) in IEEE Tutorial on Software Design Techniques, Fourth
Edition, Edited by P. Freeman and A.  Wasserman, pp. 420-436.

- G. Booch, Software Components With Ada, to be published by Benjamin
Cummings. 

- A. Goldberg and D. Robson, Smalltalk-80, The Language and Its
Implementation, Addison-Wesley, 1983.

You might also try contacting Bill Riddle at the Rocky Mountain
Institute for Software Engineering, regarding some recent sessions on
"Comparative Software Methodologies." There are other references, but
these should get you started.

                                -- Ed Berard 
                                   (301) 251 - 1626
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