Learning Outcomes
The following course learning outcomes are assessed by completing this assessment:
S1. Critically analyse and use complex decision making to research and determine the appropriate
Software Engineering tools and methodologies to utilize in a given situation
S2. Apply professional communication skills to support and manage the engineering of a large software system
S3 Review, critically analyse and develop artefacts to define processes for quality assurance, risk management and communication in large software development projects
S4 Implement quality assurance activities in order to verify user requirements and validate design decisions
A1 Analysis of a large system development problem to decide upon the best methodological approach
A2 Development of appropriate artefacts to support and manage the software engineering process such as change control and configuration management
Requirements
Demonstrate an understanding of particular concepts covered in lectures, tutorials, laboratories and reading to provide the specification requested. This may require further reading and research beyond the material discussed in class.
Assessment Details
This assignment will be assessed by your lecturer/tutor. The assignment requires you to produce a formal specification containing the components identified below.
Assessable Tasks/Requirements
You are to create a set of Z schemas that adequately describes the CCS. It should include at least one state space and the following operations:
- An initialization operation called Init.
- An operation Enter_new_container_terminal that an operator uses to enter the details of a new container terminal into the system. Assume the new container terminal is currently empty.
- An operation Accept_delivery that an operator uses to signal to the system to begin delivery (placing in the container terminal) of x quantity and y tonnes of containers from a truck. Note that the system must do a check to see if that storage capacity is available in the container terminal. If it is not then an error message must be output and no truck delivery occurs. Additional information needed by this routine is the truck registration and the freight company's name. If successful, this operation stores all necessary details into the system for that delivery. If five trucks are already delivering then this new truck will be placed in a queue waiting for its turn to deliver.
- An operation Accept_pickup that an operator uses to signal to the system to begin pickup (placing on the truck) of x quantity and y tonnes of containers from the container terminal. Additional information needed by this routine is the truck registration and the freight company's name. If successful, this operation stores all necessary details into the system for that pickup. If five trucks are already picking up then this new truck will
be placed in a queue waiting for its turn to pickup.
- An operation Leave_delivery_queue. This operation is run by the system operator each time there is a delivery queue for a container terminal and the driver of a specified truck decides that the anticipated waiting time is too long and leaves the queue. The operation outputs to the operator the list of trucks in the queue after the specified truck is removed. If no trucks are left in the queue a reasonable error message should be produced.
- An operation Unload_ship that an operator uses to signal to the system to begin unloading (placing in the container terminal) of x quantity and y tonnes of containers from the ship. Note the system must check that all deliveries and pickups have stopped before unloading can commence. A suitable message must be output until this has been achieved. The system must also do a check to see if the quantity and tonnage storage capacity is available in the container terminal. If this check fails, then an error message must be output and no ship unloading occurs. (From an operational perspective, the operator may, after consultation, try the operation again with adjusted values to have a successful ‘partial' unload but you do not need to be concerned with this as the functionality already described would accommodate this process). Additional information needed by this routine is the ship identifier. If successful, this operation stores all necessary details into the system for that unloading.
- An operation Container_terminal_account that outputs the total number and tonnage of containers delivered to a particular container terminal by ALL freight companies in a specified time period (in this simplified system, that is the total quantity and tonnes delivered between two specified global count values e.g. 10000 and 10500).
- An operation Ships_total_account that outputs the total number and tonnage that a particular ship has loaded from ALL container terminals in the total history of the system.
- An operation Freight_company_account that outputs the total number and tonnage of containers delivered to and the total number and tonnage picked up from ALL container terminals for each freight company between two specified global count values.
You should provide robust versions of each operation that are capable of handling any possible error conditions. For example, if the ship or truck is not correctly registered in the system an appropriate error message must be given.
You should also add a narrative to explain any schemas or logic that you have used. Authorship should be made clear. You might be asked to explain and answer questions about your work.
Note: Need only six tasks
Enter_new_container _terminal_Operation - Correct schema for entry, error and success
- Correct robust expression
Accept_delivery_Operation - Correct schema for test of available room successful delivery. successful queueing and error
- Correct robust expression
Leave_delivery_queue_Operation - Correct schema for removal of truck. list of trucks in queue and error
- Correct robust expression
Unload_ship_Operation - Correct schema for test of davery and pickups stopped, available room. successful unloading, updating of system and error
- Correct robust expression
Container_terminal_ account_Operation - Correct declaration and type for variables
- Correct predicates
Ships _total_account_Operation - Correct schema for report and error (no ship in system)
- Correct robust expression