
Software Engineering Foundations
A Software Science Perspective
Yingxu Wang(Author)
Auerbach (Publisher)
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 9. August 2007
Book
Hardback
1462 pages
978-0-8493-1931-0 (ISBN)
Description
A groundbreaking book in this field, Software Engineering Foundations: A Software Science Perspective integrates the latest research, methodologies, and their applications into a unified theoretical framework. Based on the author's 30 years of experience, it examines a wide range of underlying theories from philosophy, cognitive informatics, denotational mathematics, system science, organization laws, and engineering economics. The book contains in-depth information, annotated references, real-world problems, heuristics, and research opportunities.
Highlighting the inherent limitations of the historical programming-language-centered approach, the author explores an interdisciplinary approach to software engineering. He identifies fundamental cognitive, organizational, and resource constraints and the need for multi-faceted and transdisciplinary theories and empirical knowledge. He then synergizes theories, principles, and best practices of software engineering into a unified framework and delineates overarching, durable, and transdisciplinary theories as well as alternative solutions and open issues for further research. The book develops dozens of Wang's laws for software engineering and outlooks the emergence of software science.
The author's rigorous treatment of the theoretical framework and his comprehensive coverage of complicated problems in software engineering lay a solid foundation for software theories and technologies. Comprehensive and written for all levels, the book explains a core set of fundamental principles, laws, and a unified theoretical framework.
Highlighting the inherent limitations of the historical programming-language-centered approach, the author explores an interdisciplinary approach to software engineering. He identifies fundamental cognitive, organizational, and resource constraints and the need for multi-faceted and transdisciplinary theories and empirical knowledge. He then synergizes theories, principles, and best practices of software engineering into a unified framework and delineates overarching, durable, and transdisciplinary theories as well as alternative solutions and open issues for further research. The book develops dozens of Wang's laws for software engineering and outlooks the emergence of software science.
The author's rigorous treatment of the theoretical framework and his comprehensive coverage of complicated problems in software engineering lay a solid foundation for software theories and technologies. Comprehensive and written for all levels, the book explains a core set of fundamental principles, laws, and a unified theoretical framework.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional and Professional Practice & Development
Illustrations
140 s/w Abbildungen, 140 s/w Tabellen
140 Tables, black and white; 140 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
2177 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8493-1931-0 (9780849319310)
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E-Book
08/2007
1st Edition
Auerbach
€225.99
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E-Book
08/2007
Auerbach
€225.99
Available for download
Person
University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Content
Principles and Constraints of Software Engineering. Theoretical Foundations of Software Engineering. Organizational Foundations of Software Engineering. Perspectives on Software Science. Bibliography. Appendices. Index.