Advanced Object Oriented Analysis of Hard Problems using UML

In this short lecture we are running through what knowledge goals you could expect with the course. We are also walking through how the course is structured in sections and in which order the different areas are introduced.

In the this lecture we cover the research done in cognitive science that shows why visualising concepts on map helps you acquire and persist knowledge faster, be a better communicator and how it can act as a catalyst for improving your creative thinking.

Key Concepts Covered:

• Example of concept map
• Why concept maps are intuitive

In the this lecture we cover the three memory systems in the brain.

Key concepts covered:

• Three memory systems
• Sensory Information Storage
• Working Memory
• Long Term Memory
• Semantic Memory
• Memory Activation Spreading

In the this lecture we cover the persistence of memory in the brain.

Key concepts covered:

• Knowledge persistence depends on processing
• Shallow, intermediate and deep processing of learning

In the this e-learning lecture we cover that brains "love" visualisation:

Key concepts covered:

• Non-interactive vs. interactive descriptions
• Effects on persistence and semantic integration

In the this e-learning lecture we cover what creative thinking is and an idea how it emerge:

Key concepts covered:

• What is creative thinking?
• Example of creative thinking by Eric Ries in "the lean startup"
• An example of a creative leap

In the this e-learning lecture we will show a concept map of the topics learned in the cognitive foundation section.

In the e-learning lecture we will cover all the concepts in the philosophical in one lecture. If you feel comfortable with all the concepts used in this course then you might not need to go in too deep with the lectures in this section. You may also use this lecture in the future as a recap of the concepts that are explained in detail in this section.

In this section we perform an meta analysis of what happens from a philosophical and physiological point of view when a number of people sit in a room and are trying to synchronise their understanding of a knowledge domain.

This lecture introduce the Ogden's Triangle, which is used a framework for the complete set of lectures covering the philosophical foundation of concept mapping.

The triangle has three corner, representing three different sub areas within philosophy:

 Philosophy of Mind 

 Philosophy of Language 

 Metaphysics 

The rest of the this section will cover subjects within these three areas in the order noted above.

In the this e-learning lecture we cover that four theories are concepts to be address in the next coming lectures.

In the this e-learning lecture we cover the classical theory about concepts as well as its limitations.

Key concepts covered:

• The classical theory of concepts
• Categorisation
• Plato's problem
• The typicality effect

In the this e-learning lecture we cover the prototype theory about concepts as well as its limitations.

Key concepts covered:

• The prototype theory of concepts
• Eleanor Rosch
• How concepts have a probabilistic structure
• The heritage of Ludvig Wittgenstein and how this theory is based on his reasoning about family resemblance
• Fuzzy concept (based on Philosophical Investigations)
• That many concepts lack prototypes
• That many prototypes lack compositionally

In the this e-learning lecture we cover the theory theory about concepts as well as its limitations.

Key concepts covered:

• That concepts stand in relation to one another in the sam as the terms in a scientific theory
• Concepts are shaped in constant iterations
• "One sess knowledge as a boat that we perpetually rebuild as we sail" - Otto Neurath
• Problems with stability of concepts
• Can we have the same concept for anything?

In the this e-learning lecture we cover the conceptual atomism theory about concepts, its limitations as well as a pluralism of concepts.

Key concepts covered:

• Maybe concepts are empty and instead is just a causal relation between the concept and it's instance determines it's reference.
• Soul Kripke
• The Dual theory about concepts
• Identification procedure based on prototype theory
• Core component based on a combination of classical, theory and atomism theory

This quiz will test your knowledge of the subjects in the first corner of the triangle.

In this lecture we will go through on the highest level what a model is and in which situations models are used. Concepts covered: models and subjects.

In this lecture we are discussing the concept of a domain and a domain model. We are also discussing how domains could be layered in respect of its abstraction level and how they could be sub divided in sub domains. We then continue with making the distinction between problem and solution domain and describes how this is relative to the eye of the beholder. The lecture is ended by a discussion on business domain models and information models.

Concepts covered:

• Domains
• Domain model
• Layering of models
• Sub domains
• Conceptual models
• Problem and solution domain
• Business domain models
• Information models

This lecture describes how UML defines the concept of a model formally. It describes the three elements of a UML model: classifiers, behaviour and events. We will also discuss the difference between models, subjects and specification of subjects and how this is handled in UML formally. We end the lecture by discussing the distinction between diagrams and models.

Concepts covered:

• Classifiers
• Behaviours
  
• Events
• Model and Subjects in UML
• Objects as instances of Classes (Classifiers)
• Executions as instances of behaviour
• Occurrences as instances of events
• Specifications of objects, executions and occurances
• Diagrams and models

This lectures gives a brief overview of the Unified Modeling Language, it's history and different types of diagram types. It also covers the elements of UML that will be used in the course.

In this lecture we are covering the two most fundamental concepts in UML: classes and instances of classes (objects). We cover the semantics (what they mean) and how they are notated (who they look).

Concepts covered:

• Classes
• Compartments
• Attributes
• Objects
• Anonymous, named and unclassified objects
• Stereotypes

In this lecture we are diving into the most fundamental relationships in UML; the associations between classes and the links between objects. We are discussing their meaning and how they are notated in the diagrams.

Concepts covered:

• Associations
• Multiplicity
• Roles
• Navigability
• Different meanings of an arrow in UML
• Links (instances of associations)
• Association classes
• Compositions
• Alternative ways to model

This lecture focuses on the concept of generalization (what was called general implications in the philosophical sections) in UML. We discuss the difference between associations and generalisation (also, often called inheritance) and covers complex situations like multiple generalisation sets and multiple inheritance and powertypes.

Concepts covered:

• Generalizations
• Generalization sets
• Powertypes
• Multiple inheritance
• General problems with inheritance

In last lecture on UML we are covering how to sub divide elements in UML into packages. We are discussing packages and how there dependencies are related to their ingoing elements. There is a whole section of the process of packaging later in the course, this lecture on only covers their basic notation.

Concepts covered:

• Packages
• Dependencies between packages
• Relationship between packages dependencies and associations and generalizations.