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  <Title>The MODELEXPLAINER</Title>
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6 Outlook
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    <Paragraph position="0"> The MoDEx is implemented in C++ on both UNIX and PC platforms. It has been integrated with two object-oriented modeling environments, the ADM (Advanced Development Model) of the KBSA (Knowledge-Based Software Assistant) (DeBellis et al., 1992), and with Ptech, a commercial off-the-shelf object modeling tool. MoBEx has been fielded at a software engineering lab at Raytheon, Inc., with interesting and encouraging initial feedback.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> Currently, we are pursuing several development directions. For example, we are extending the system to allow the user to enter free text associated with particular objects in the model (such as classes, attributes). This free text can capture information not deducible from the model (such as high-level descriptions of purpose), and will be integrated with the automatically generated text. We are also developing a facility to direct the output of MoDEx to commercial off-the-shelf publishing environments for the production of standard (paperbased) documentation.</Paragraph>
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