AXON Showcase

 
"Number:12-13" is a sermon contributed by Keith Gardner, a Pastor plus IT Trainer. Keith also happens to be the one who initiated the Axon Users Group way back in 1999. More of Keith's sermons (developed in Axon) can be found in the Templates.
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"Information Central" is a colorful and well-designed MIS model contributed by Ken Little from USA. Ken also contributed a couple of book reviews entitled The Portable Executive and Quantum Learning.

"Creativity Techniques" is a summary of tools for creative problem solving contributed by Brian Maskell, President of BMA Inc, USA. Brian also contributed a book review on the Theory of Constraints.

"Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is a Concept Map contributed by a young teacher-in-training from the National Institute of Education, Singapore. As can be seen from this example, Concept Maps can represent information much more accurately than Mind Maps.

"Rainbow" (Regenboog) is a board game with pawns and dice created by Wies van Breemen, a nine-year-old boy from Netherlands, for his primary school class project.

"Project Dynamics" (for software development) is courtesy of Philippe Back, President of High Octane SPRL, who shares his expertise in software project management. His other contribution includes, among others, Problem Resolution Approach (which can be found in the Templates).

"Debits and Credits" is an innovative visualization of the double-entry book-keeping system. Links in this diagram represent Debit-Credit transactions. The entire accounting system is thus clearly shown in one big picture.

"Oxidative Pathway" is contributed by A/P Tan Tin Wee from the BioInformatics Center at the National University of Singapore. The pathway diagram is connected to large bio-databases on the internet such as KEGG, Expasy, and WITS.

"Hyponatraemia" is contributed by Dr. Steve Walsh from UK. Dr. Steve is a Specialist Physician specializing in clinical medicine and medical informatics. In this example, Axon is used to deliver lesson content for diagnosis of low serum sodium (a medical application).

"Comedy Writer" is created by John Branyan using the AXON Generator to generate ideas for his daily work as a Comedian. John is a popular comedian in the USA. Drop in at one of his performances or book John for your next social event.

"Six Colored Eyes" is contributed by Dr. Rodney King. Rodney also contributed other templates/methodologies including the House of Excellence, etc. Visit his website to try out his innovative product.

"Synectics" is contributed by Charles Cave, the Australian publisher of the Creativity Web. Synectics is a brainstorming technique that uses analogies, metaphors, associations, and the excursion technique.

"Reliability Model" and several other simulation models are contributed by Randy Pirtle from Honeywell USA. Randy specializes in reliability analysis and uses the Axon Simulator for many of his projects. His results show that simulation can produce a high degree of accuracy without resorting to complex mathematical analysis.

"Diagrammatic Theorizing" is contributed by Auke van Breemen from Netherlands. Axon is used in his discourse on Peircean Semiotics - creating a grammar for integrated use of text and other signs. See his paper presented at the 8th AIS/IASS Congress, July 2004, entitled "Diagrammatic Theorizing: Discussion on form is discussion of content".

"The Meat Machine" (The most complex object in this universe) demonstrates a superior method/style of "mind mapping", based on cognitive sciences. Axon is specially designed for describing complex thought processes and conceptual hierarchies.

"SARS Simulation" is a simulation project conducted under the NUS Science Research Program(SRP2004). The project is entitled "A Simulation Study of the Probability of Contracting SARS in a School Compound" by Ms Chan Mei Sum of Hwa Chong Junior College, Singapore.

"Strategic Planning" is a planning template for a company involved in production and sales. This framework provides a basis for detailed planning and control.

"Tutorial on Writing" is developed by Dr. Gavin Budge from UCE Birmingham, School of English. The work was sponsored by a grant from the English Subject Centre in UK. Gavin Budge studied at the Universities of Cambridge and London, where he gained his PhD, and his research interests are in Romantic and Victorian literature.

"Clean Water Act" is an interpretation of difficult-to-read regulatory texts by Sallyanne Payton from the University of Michigan Law School. Sallyanne is the William W. Cook Professor of Law.

"Graphic Overview of Classical Adlerian Psychology" comes from Dr. Henry Stein (Director, Alfred Adler Inst. of San Francisco, HTStein@worldnet.att.net). Since 1993 Dr. Stein has been managing The Adlerian Translation Project which is dedicated to translating and publishing The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler and the unpublished writings of other Classical Adlerians. Dr. Stein has integrated Abraham Maslow's and Alfred Adler's visions of optimal human functioning into a creative therapeutic approach.

"Learning Environment", a multidimensional heuristic workspace, is created by Dr. Paul Schroeder who exploits Axon's 3D capability to create a question-centered learning environment. Also see another of his large scale applications at Town Landfill Timeline.

"Cieszewski's Classification of Implicit Model Forms" is contributed by Chris Cieszewski, an assistant professor in the Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia. As a forest biometrician in the school's fiber supply assessment program he specializes in inventory projections models.

"BVITS" (Business Value Innovative Thinking Symbols) is a systematic thinking method for generating breakthough innovative ideas. BVITS is developed by Lim Liat from consolidating and purifying the various creative and problem methods such as TRIZ, Blue Ocean Strategy, Structured Analysis and Design, Axiomatic Design and others. Lim Liat is the founder of BvOtech, a consulting company based in Singapore. The BVITS Idea Generator files can be downloaded from BvOtech's download site.

We are constantly looking for examples on how Axon is being used creatively and those that convey useful/interesting information. Users who wish to contribute files can send them direct to Axon Research or upload them to the Axon Users Group. For consistency, all files in the Showcase will be edited with regards to presentation style.