A multi-criteria partitioning technique for information system design

dc.contributor.author	Mende, J.
dc.date.accessioned	2018-05-18T00:17:02Z
dc.date.available	2018-05-18T00:17:02Z
dc.date.issued	1990
dc.identifier		en
dc.identifier.citation	South African Computer Journal Number 1, 1990	en
dc.identifier.issn	2313-7835
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23919
dc.description.abstract	In order to design and operate a complex computer based information system, one needs to partition its transformation process into modules of manageable size. The same process can be partitioned in many different ways, each alternative partition having a different effect on the system's multiple success criteria. The optimal partition of a given process can be found by a four-step technique: 1. Identify significant interfunctional relationships. 2. Rank system success criteria in sequence of user preference. 3. Apply known partitioning rules in preference sequence to find a set of near-optimal partitions. 4. Select the final partition using judgement, prototyping or other techniques.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists	en
dc.subject	System design	en
dc.subject	Partitioning	en
dc.subject	Success	en
dc.subject	Effectiveness	en
dc.subject	Efficiency	en
dc.subject	Theorem-proving	en
dc.title	A multi-criteria partitioning technique for information system design	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.description.department	School of Computing	en