Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD)

Object oriented analysis and design provides a way to see objects in a similar way to see a system.

Wikipedia: Object Oriented Analysis and Design

The approach is very similar to the approach proposed in General Systems Theory.

The approach was originally proposed by James Martin and then integrated into a unified approach using the more formal OOAD

The relationships are:

• System = Object

• Properties = Attributes or Property

• System Elements = White Box (elements visible) or Black box (elements not visible).

Other modelling approaches from Software Engineering also fit in this space: Yourden, Gane and Sarson.

See Cellular Automation as an example of OOAD.

More to be added in this area (initial thinking).