Taking more of the soft out of software engineering

Author

Maibaum, Tom

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK

fYear

1993

fDate

6-7 Dec 1993

Firstpage

2

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Conventional engineering disciplines use engineering models which allow the practising engineer to avoid the intricacies and complications of conventional mathematics. These models underpin the everyday work of the engineer and have solid foundations in science and the underlying mathematical theory. We discuss whether software engineering has developed corresponding engineering models and come to the conclusion that this has not yet happened. The reasons turn out to be different for programming in the small and programming in the large. The issue is of crucial importance in redirecting the efforts of researchers and practitioners interested in software engineering joining the brotherhood of mature engineering disciplines.

Keywords

professional aspects; programming; software engineering; engineering models; mature engineering disciplines; practising engineer; practitioners; programming in the large; programming in the small; researchers; software engineering; Application software; Back; Computer science; Educational institutions; History; Mathematical model; Mathematics; Software engineering; Software systems; Solid modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Specification and Design, 1993., Proceedings of the Seventh International Workshop on

Print_ISBN

0-8186-4360-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWSSD.1993.315520

Filename

315520