AIMS Software Framework

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AIMS Software Framework

• Assets and Infrastructure Management System
  (AIMS) Software Framework

C.Rajagopalan, P.Kalyanasundaram Baldev
Raj (NDE 2003 - Thiruvananthapuram)
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Motivation

• The Need Store Retrieve Pre-Service
  In-service Inspection Information
• Whats AIMS Assets and Infrastructure
  Management System a scalable,
  domain-independent database hierarchy to
  manage any asset
• Example Assets Reactors, Satellites, Launch
  Vehicles, Submarines, Aircraft Carriers,
  Space Shuttles, etc.

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The AIMS Overview

• Types of Data that can be stored
• ? Strings, Signals, Images, Audio, Video, etc.
• Requirements of AIMS
• ? Secure, Multi-User Mode, Scalable, Distributed
  Storage
• How to make AIMS development more challenging?
• ? Can AIMS be made Domain-independent?
• ? Can AIMS be made Client-independent?

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The AIMS DB Design Principle (80 of IP)

• The Component-centric Perspective
• A Macro-Hierarchical View
• ? Assets ? Systems ? Components ? Parts
• e.g. Shuttle ? External Fuel Tank ? Fuel Pump
  ? O-Ring
• ? Evolutionary Cycles ? Stages ? Properties
• e.g. Assembly for Launch ? Erection Stage
• ? Atmospheric Temperature

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AIMS DB Structure (Prolog)
Evolutionary Cycles
Stages
Properties
Sub-Properties
Values
Values
Images
Signals
Notes
Videos
Audios
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AIMS View an Asset
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AIMSEdit
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AIMS Search
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AIMS SetTrigger
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AIMSDelete
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A Better Alternative

• Disadvantages of a plain Win 32 App
• ? Single Machine, Single User
• Multi-Tiered, Multi-Client Application
• ? SQL for DB IIS ASP.NET as the middleware
  Browser as the Client
• Challenges in re-casting the AIMS DB
• ? Relational Tables Constraints Keys

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The SQL-IIS-ASP-Browser Plan

• N-Tiered App.
• DB resides in SQL
• ?IIS/ASP.NET act as m/w
• Browser is the front end for the Clients
• Wireless / Wired HTTP Access through any Browser
• Multiple Layers of Security

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AIMS DB in SQL Table
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AIMS HTTP Access
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Advantages of an N-Tiered App

• Centralised Database Management
• Greater Access Control and Security
• Access through Virtual Private Network
• Client-independent access (Browser/Cell)
• Multi-mode Access (Wireless/Wired)
• Collateral advantages of using a production-grade
  RDBMS

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Summary and Conclusions

• AIMS is a domain-independent Intranet-based
  enterprise-wide application
• (Prolog Version)
• Conversion to an N-Tiered Internet application in
  progress (SQL Version)
• Wide applicability in asset management
• Home-grown technology, removing the disadvantages
  of technology-denial regimes (Prolog Version
  only)

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