Activity #11, Step #1
Verify the Global Level AMAS Adequacy
To decide if an implementation using an AMAS is needed at the global level, you have to use the AMAS adequacy tool.
In this tool, you can right-click on any question to obtain further information about it. You must associate a value with each assertion given here after. You can answer "yes", "no", "uncertain" or any value somewhere in-between using a slider.
The eight questions you must answer are the following:
- Is the global task incompletely specified? Is an algorithm a priori unknown?
- If several entities are required to solve the global task, do they need to act in a certain order?
- Is the solution generally obtained by repetitive tests, are different attempts required before finding a solution?
- Can the system environment evolve? Is it dynamic?
- Is the system process functionally or physically distributed? Are several physically distributed entities needed to solve the global task? Or is a conceptual distribution needed?
- Does a great number of entities needed?
- Is the studied system non-linear?
- Finally, is the system evolutionary or open? Can new entities appear or disappear dynamically?
In the end, you can right-click on the global result area to obtain a more complete information about the answer of ADELFE.
All information about this step is stored in the Amas Adequacy Synthesis document.