Technical note: A proposal to simplify data flow diagrams

I. Millet

doi:10.1147/sj.381.0118

Technical note: A proposal to simplify data flow diagrams

I. Millet

Black School of Business (Behrend)

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This technical note presents an adaptation of the data flow diagram (DFD) technique whereby each data store symbol represents a database rather than a single table. It is conjectured that this modification makes DFDs easier to create, understand, and maintain. It also reduces an overlap with the entity-relationship diagram technique by curtailing graphical manifestations of the data model in the DFD.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	118-121
Number of pages	4
Journal	IBM Systems Journal
Volume	38
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1147/sj.381.0118
State	Published - Jan 1 1999

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Software
Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science
Information Systems
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Computational Theory and Mathematics

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