Seeding, Evolutionary Growth and Reseeding: Constructing, Capturing and Evolving Knowledge in Domain-Oriented Design Environments

Abstract

We live in a world characterized by evolution -that is, by ongoing processes of development, formation, and growth in both natural and human-created systems. Biology tells us that complex, natural systems are not created all at once but must instead evolve over time. We are becoming increasingly aware that evolutionary processes are ubiquitous and critical for technological innovations as well. This is particularly true for complex software systems because these systems do not necessarily exist in a technological context alone but instead are embedded within dynamic human organizations.The Center for LifeLong Learning and Design (L 3 D) at the University of Colorado has been involved in research on software design and other design domains for more than a decade. We understand software design as an evolutionary process in which system requirements and functionality are determined through an iterative process of collaboration among multiple stakeholders, rather than being completely specified before system development occurs. Our research focuses on the following claims about software systems embedded within dynamic human organizations: (1) they must evolve because they cannot be completely designed prior to use, (2) they must evolve to some extent at the hands of the users, and (3) they must be designed for evolution.Our theoretical work builds upon our existing knowledge of design processes and focuses on a software process model and architecture specifically for systems that must evolve. Our theories are instantiated and assessed through the development and evolution of domain-oriented design environments (DODEs) -software systems that support design activities within particular domains and that are built specifically to evolve.

The seeding process from computing to design for social innovation: a systematic literature review

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“…Vaghi, 2011 MikiWiki: A meta-design framework for collaboration Fischer et al, 2004 Criação de contextos virtuais de colaboração aberta, voltados à autonomia dos usuários e ao acompanhamento recíproco. Ardito et al, 2012 End users as co-designers of their own tools and products Fischer, 1998 Ambientes de software que capacitem os usuários finais a se tornarem codesigners de suas ferramentas e produtos. Fischer, 2003;Fischer et al, 2004 Auxílio aos codesigners para desenvolvimento de melhores ambientes para o projeto.…”

“…Essa etapa parte da estruturação, generalização e formalização dos conhecimentos coletados na etapa anterior. Procede com a reconfiguração da semente, que é, finalmente, devolvida aos usuários, em um processo contínuo de evolução (FISCHER et al, 2001).…”

Utilização de Sistemas Críticos nas Atividades de Engenharia de Domínio e de Aplicações

“…A definição da crítica acima utilizando-se a sintaxe do JEOPS é apresentada abaixo: No momento, o ambiente ABCDE-Feature está sendo "semeado" [7] com novas críticas a serem utilizadas no diagrama de features. É importante notar que o ABCDE-Feature também permite que os usuários adicionem suas próprias críticas de acrodo com a sintaxe do JEOPS.…”

Near‐optimal control of a stochastic vegetation‐water system with reaction diffusion

“…Currently, reseeding is one of the main ways to improve the restoration of grassland degradation. [21][22][23] For example, Deng et al analyzed that reseeding in degraded grassland could effectively increase the biomass accumulation of individual plant of Leymus Chinensispopulation. 22 However, there are few studies on optimal reseeding for restoration of degraded grassland.…”