An automated software design evaluator

Abstract

A prototype automated software design evaluator was implemented as part of a project whose long-term goal is the application of AI techniques to the tools in a software engineering environment. The purposes of undertaking this prototype were to: 1) identify the attributes of a software design that could be captured as design rules, 2) investigate machine-processable representations of a software design, and 3) build a proof-of-principle prototype that demonstrates that an automated design assistant can be built.