- End-user programming for modelling. Research began with examining programming needs of users (mainly engineers at Airbus and later Rolls-Royce aerospace companies).
- Modelling – Next, models were created to cater for the engineers needs for prediction and decision support; so the concentration was mainly on modelling.
- Semantic Web for modelling. Once the models became more complex and numerous, the collaboration necessary required a more systematic infrastructure, so Semantic Web and ontology research assisted with this.
- Semantic Web for end-user programming. Once an infrastructure was prototyped it was possible to research how this could enable construction of programs based on the Semantic Web/ontology infrastructure.
- Programs created using the semantic web infrastructure and visual diagrammatic programming were tested for modelling capability.
Research Direction Spiral
By the end of this research it was perceived that this particular combination as indicated by the mid point of the yellow section was currently under researched by the wider community.
More information is available at - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/~phale/#ResearchAim.
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