Information Systems Engineering: An Introduction

✍ Scribed by Arne Sølvberg, David Chenho Kung (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 544
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents a selection of subjects which the authors deem to be important for information systems engineers. The book is intended for introductory teaching. We have tried to write the book in such a way that students with only fragmented knowledge of computers are able to read the book without too many difficulties. Students who have had only an intro­ ductory course in computer programming should be able to read most of the book. We have tried to achieve simplicity without compromising on depth in our discussions of the various aspects of information systems engineering. So it is our hope that also those who have deeper knowledge in computing may find pleasure in reading parts of the book. The writing of a textbook is a major undertaking for its authors. One is quite often forced to reexamine truisms in the subject area, and must be prepared to reevaluate one's opinions and priorities as one learns more. In particular this is so in new fields, where formalisms have been scarcely used, and where consensus has not yet emerged either on what constitutes the subject area or on how practical problems within the field shall be approached. Contemporary practice in computer applications is confronted with an increasingly complex world, both in a technical sense and in the complexity of problems that are solved by computer.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Introduction....Pages 1-27
Structured Analysis and Design....Pages 29-80
Software Design....Pages 81-143
Database Design....Pages 145-199
Rule Modeling....Pages 201-249
Information Systems Evolution: The Software Aspect....Pages 251-284
Managing Information Systems Development Projects....Pages 285-303
Information System Support for Information System Development....Pages 305-330
Engineering Design Principles for Unsurveyable Systems....Pages 331-363
Information and Information Systems....Pages 365-395
Three Domains of Information Systems Modeling — and the Object-Oriented Approach....Pages 397-423
Model Integration with Executable Specifications....Pages 425-456
An Example of Comparing Information Systems Analysis Approaches....Pages 457-473
Formal Modeling Approaches....Pages 475-526
Back Matter....Pages 527-541

✦ Subjects

Models and Principles; Software Engineering; Business Information Systems