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Earthmover places decision making at the cutting edge of
information technology. Here is why:
Object-oriented database
An object-oriented database contains the
machines and components you use everyday to move Real Earth™ over Real Roads™ on
Real Projects™.
Object-oriented databases have distinct
advantages over common relational databases which relate flat files or tables to each
other by "key" fields. A "flat file" is a list of records, each record
being of the same type and containing the exact same fixed-length, fixed-format fields.
Earthmover models real objects, such as trucks and loaders,
which contain other objects such as engines and tires. Each object is
defined by its physical and engineering characteristics which are of
varying length and type. To force the modeling of real objects to a
flat file design quickly compromises the power and speed of a decision-making
program.
Object
based icons
 Earthmover
presents objects as icons which you can move about in the program with
your mouse pointer. The data
and program methods underlying the icons are kept hidden to keep the
user interface clean and natural. When you drive your car, you do not
need to look under the hood to check if everything is there. Similarly,
when you use Earthmover you do not need to check each icon's underlying
data. You can, but you do not need to.
Realistic objects
 Our
objective is to have each icon object behave and react to other objects
as you would expect them to behave and react in the real world.
Behind each object icon is the object data and
programming algorithms which represent the object as realistically as possible. Extensive
use is made of a variety of engineering disciplines, including: powertrain design,
hydraulics, soils engineering, costing, statistics, and mechanical engineering.
True point-and-click
You can truly point-and-click on an object to get the information you
want. On any object (including report windows... they are objects too),
just right-click to see a menu of available ways of viewing or customizing
a view of an object.
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