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Domain Science and Engineering : A Foundation for Software Development / by Dines Bjørner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bjørner, D. (Dines), 1937- Author.
- Series:
- Computer Science (SpringerNature-11645)
- Monographs in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCS Series, 2193-2069
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computer science.
- Software engineering.
- Computer Science Logic and Foundations of Programming.
- Theory of Computation.
- Software Engineering.
- Local Subjects:
- Computer Science Logic and Foundations of Programming.
- Theory of Computation.
- Software Engineering.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XVIII, 401 pages) : 44 illustrations, 19 illustrations in color.
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2021.
- Contained In:
- Springer Nature eBook
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- In this book the author explains domain engineering and the underlying science, and he then shows how we can derive requirements prescriptions for computing systems from domain descriptions. A further motivation is to present domain descriptions, requirements prescriptions, and software design specifications as mathematical quantities. The author's maxim is that before software can be designed we must understand its requirements, and before requirements can be prescribed we must analyse and describe the domain for which the software is intended. He does this by focusing on what it takes to analyse and describe domains. By a domain we understand a rationally describable discrete dynamics segment of human activity, of natural and man-made artefacts, examples include road, rail and air transport, container terminal ports, manufacturing, trade, healthcare, and urban planning. The book addresses issues of seemingly large systems, not small algorithms, and it emphasizes descriptions as formal, mathematical quantities. This is the first thorough monograph treatment of the new software engineering phase of software development, one that precedes requirements engineering. It emphasizes a methodological approach by treating, in depth, analysis and description principles, techniques and tools. It does this by basing its domain modeling on fundamental philosophical principles, a view that is new for a computer science monograph. The book will be of value to computer scientists engaged with formal specifications of software. The author reveals this as a field of interesting problems, most chapters include pointers to further study and exercises drawn from practical engineering and science challenges. The text is supported by a primer to the formal specification language RSL and extensive indexes.
- Contents:
- Part I, Setting the Scope
- Concepts
- Philosophy
- Space, Time and Matter
- Logic and Mathematics
- Part II, Domains
- Domains: A Taxonomy: External Qualities
- Domains: An Ontology: Internal Qualities
- Transcendental Deduction
- Domains: A Dynamics Ontology: Perdurants
- Domain Facets
- Part III, Requirements
- Requirements
- Part IV, Closing
- Demos, Simulators, Monitors and Controllers
- Winding Up
- References
- Appendix A: Pipelines Domain: Endurants
- Appendix B: Mereology, A Model
- Appendix C: Four Languages
- Appendix D: An RSL Primer
- Appendix E: Indexes
- List of Figures.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-3-030-73484-8
- 9783030734848
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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