Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences

System conceptualization and modeling requires support for both hardware and software components specification, and the ability to do complete system simulation rapidly and accurately. In this paper, we present a system engineering methodology that is built upon the definition and implementation of object relationship. Our approach allows a designer to build an executable, simulatable as well as synthesizable system model using the same language platform. We show how class interfaces can be used for structural representation throughout all design abstraction levels. The object oriented methodology allows IP-Reuse through object libraries and design patterns, and automatic documentation generation. The design process employs an extended and automatic documentation generation. The design process employs an extended UML (Unified Modeling Language) notation and classes from Scenic and ICSP class libraries. We describe our implementation of a prototype that supports our design methodology.