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Domain Science and Engineering: A Foundation for Software Development (Monographs in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCS Series)
Author: Dines Bjørner
Publisher Finelybook 出版社: ; 1st ed. 2021 edition (November 9,2021)
Language 语言: English
pages 页数: 419 pages
ISBN-10 书号: 3030734838
ISBN-13 书号: 9783030734831
Book Description
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 Author: focusing on what it takes to analyse and describe domains. Author: 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 Author: treating,in depth,analysis and description principles,techniques and tools. It does this Author: 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 Author: a primer to the formal specification language RSL and extensive indexes.
