IGEM:MIT/2005/Endy Lecture 2.0: Abstraction

Endy Lecture 2.0
Abstraction

Drew's handout

06/08/2005

Standards

 * Cells
 * Parts
 * Assembly

Decoupling

 * Design/build – manage different projects to solve one problem

Abstraction

 * Manage complexity
 * Hide information
 * e.g. Gerry Sussman’s example of magnetic field of wire upon coiling.

Abstraction Hierarchy

 * 0.Chassis - cell in which the system resides
 * 1.Systems – combination of devices that does something
 * 2.Devices – combination of parts that does something
 * 3.Parts – piece of DNA that does something, basic biological function
 * 4.DNA – genetic material