Software management issues
β Scribed by Paul F. Kunz
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 703 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0010-4655
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β¦ Synopsis
The difficulty of managing the software in large HEP collaborations appears to becoming progressively worse with each new generation of detectors. If one were to extrapolate to the SSC, it will become a major problem. This paper explores the possible causes of the difficulty and makes suggestions on what corrective actions should be taken.
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