Adding detail to the functions


Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 8:24 am

Work continues on adding detail to the functions and making sure that the data supports the process. The current state of the Functions can be seen in MOPS Functions and the data in MOPS Data Items. The functions that have had further items added have their verb highlighted in grey. A couple of new columns [...]

Adding further detail to the Analysis


Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 6:44 pm

Currently, the work consists of running through each of the functions in detail and cross-checking against the data. Further detail is being added, discrepancies removed, missing data added, some efficiencies provided. As well as working through scenarios with the data, there’s also a cross-check taking place making sure that each record is created, deleted and [...]

The changing state of data


Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 2:32 pm

The deeper analysis continues. Having had a closer look at Blocks and Consists, it looks like we don’t need these items as separate pieces of data in the completed system – we can build blocks and consists ‘from scratch’ whenever we need to display them to the screen. We can just hold the relevant data, [...]

Analysis continues: 181 functions so far…


Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 11:41 am

The current (incomplete) state of the detailed analysis has been uploaded to the site and is available for viewing. The list of functions can be seen here: MOPS Functions The list of data can be seen here: Data The data diagram can be seen here: Data Diagram There’s a fuller explanation on how everything works [...]

Oops. Logic problem in the Industry paper!


Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 7:43 pm

One of the calculations that was put into the Industry paper was for the production rate of an indicated commodity. It was based on the number of cars (per month) that were going to take the commodity away. The logic issue is that there’s no link between the car and the industry – so long [...]