Modeling Change as a First-Class Entity

Author

Nierstrasz, Oscar

Author_Institution

Inst. of Comp. Sci., Bern Univ.

fYear

2007

fDate

10-13 April 2007

Firstpage

3

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Summary form only given. Software systems must change to remain useful. Current programming languages and support environments, however, treat software systems as though they were static, unchanging, and globally consistent. We argue in favour of a more dynamic approach in which complex software systems can seen as a set of overlapping and constantly changing contexts. We report on some initial research activities pointing in this direction, and we lay out our vision for modeling and managing change as a first-class entity.

Keywords

management of change; software development management; first-class entity; programming language; software support environment; software system change management; software system change modeling; Australia; Computer languages; Computer science; Software engineering; Software systems; Software Systems must change to remain useful. Current programming languages and support environments; and globally consistent. We argue in favour of a more dynamic approach in which complex software systems can seen as a set of overlapping and constantly changing contexts. We report on some initial research activities pointing in this direction; and we lay out our vision for modeling and managing change as a first-class entity.; however; treat software systems as though they were static; unchanging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering Conference, 2007. ASWEC 2007. 18th Australian

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Vic.

ISSN

1530-0803

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2778-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASWEC.2007.32

Filename

4159652