Concise Encyclopedia of Software Engineering

✍ Scribed by Derrick Morris (Eds.)

• Publisher: Pergamon Press
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 399
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This Concise Encyclopedia of Software Engineering is intended to provide compact coverage of the knowledge relevant to the practicing software engineer. The content has been chosen to provide an introduction to the theory and techniques relevant to the software of a broad class of computer applications. It is supported by examples of particular applications and their enabling technologies. This Encyclopedia will be of value to new practitioners who need a concise overview and established practitioners who need to read about the ''penumbra'' surrounding their own specialities. It will also be useful to professionals from other disciplines who need to gain some understanding of the various aspects of software engineering which underpin complex information and control systems, and the thinking behind them

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
ADVANCES IN SYSTEMS, CONTROL AND INFORMATION ENGINEERING, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
HONORARY EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD, Page vi
FOREWORD, Page vii, Madan G Singh
PREFACE, Page ix, D Morris, B Tamm
GUIDE TO USE OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIA, Page xi
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ARTICLES, Page xiii
A, Pages 1-30
C, Pages 31-83
D, Pages 85-112
E, Pages 113-123
F, Pages 125-141
G, Pages 143-148
H, Pages 149-158
I, Pages 159-175
K, Pages 177-188
L, Pages 189-196
M, Pages 197-201
N, Pages 203-211
O, Pages 213-220
P, Pages 221-275
R, Pages 277-300
S, Pages 301-345
T, Pages 347-364
V, Pages 365-374
LIST OF ACRONYMS, Pages 375-376, U. Agur
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS, Pages 377-383
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 385-400