This paper discussed a method of knowledge representations to automatically reuse software information, such as, algorithms, designs, documents, reports etc. in the domain of IC-CAD. An architecture of framework ICSDE was presented which consists of four main parts: packaging unit, prototyping unit, reusable library and data base management. Within this framework, time domain knowledge of reusable-software-information (RSI) was represented and abstracted into three concept levels. Based on this representation method, the RSI can be packaged into reusable-software-component in the reusable library, and the function was provided to help IC-CAD software tools or system developers producing their products with low time and low cost. So it is possible to provide the IC-CAD products good reliability and maintainability under this framework.

Date Published: 22 March 1996
PDF: 6 pages
Proc. SPIE 2644, Fourth International Conference on Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics, (22 March 1996); doi: 10.1117/12.235560

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 2644:
Fourth International Conference on Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics
Shuzi Yang; Ji Zhou; Cheng-Gang Li, Editor(s)