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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2004
Neeraj Sangal, Andover, MA (US);
Everette T. Jordan, Needham, MA (US);
Francis A. Waldman, Stoneham, MA (US);
Carl D. Parisi, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Neeraj Sangal, Andover, MA (US);
Everette T. Jordan, Needham, MA (US);
Francis A. Waldman, Stoneham, MA (US);
Carl D. Parisi, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Lattix Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing, in a computer system, design of a software system. Various embodiments include receiving an input to the computer system specifying dependency relationships among subsystems of the software system and providing an output from the computer system responsive to the input. A rule is imposed on at least one of the dependency relationships and data for the rule is provided as part of the input.