Philosophies for engineering computer-based systems

Author

Lawson, Harold W.

Author_Institution

Lawson Publishing & Consulting Inc., Lidingo, Sweden

Volume

23

Issue

12

fYear

1990

Firstpage

52

Lastpage

63

Abstract

A sound problem-relevant philosophy is the key to achieving successful implementation of complex computer-based systems and software engineering methods and tools naturally flow from this foundation. The importance of a philosophy is illustrated by considering the development of Simula. Several philosophy-relevant factors are discussed and experiences where philosophies have played a central role in realizing complex real-time applications are described. These experiences relate to telecommunication software, automatic train control and power dispatching.<>

Keywords

Simula; engineering computing; philosophical aspects; real-time systems; software engineering; Simula; automatic train control; complex computer-based systems; complex real-time applications; engineering computer-based systems; philosophy-relevant factors; power dispatching; problem-relevant philosophy; software engineering methods; telecommunication software; Dictionaries; Educational institutions; Horses; Programming profession; Publishing; Resists; Software engineering; Software tools; Systems engineering and theory; Thesauri;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.62093

Filename

62093