AIMS Software Framework Assets and Infrastructure Management System

AIMS Software Framework Assets and Infrastructure Management System (AIMS) Software Framework C. Rajagopalan, P. Kalyanasundaram & Baldev Raj (NDE 2003 - Thiruvananthapuram)

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

The AIMS Overview l l l 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?

The AIMS DB Design Principle (80% of IP) l The Component-centric Perspective l 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

AIMS DB Structure (Prolog) Assets Evolutionary Cycles Notes Systems Components Stages Videos Audios Parts Properties Sub-Properties Values Images Signals

AIMS – View an Asset

AIMS Edit

AIMS Search

AIMS Set Trigger

AIMS Delete

A Better Alternative Disadvantages of a “plain” Win 32 App Single Machine, Single User l Multi-Tiered, Multi-Client Application SQL for DB; IIS & ASP. NET as the middleware; Browser as the Client l Challenges in re-casting the AIMS DB Relational Tables; Constraints; Keys l

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

AIMS DB in SQL Table

AIMS: HTTP Access

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

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

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