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Software Development Graphs a unifying concept for software development?

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Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 1986)

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Software Development, as a concept, is seen as composed from aspects of Theoretical Computer Science, Programming Methodology, Software "Engineering" and Management. We define all of these concepts. We then define the notion of Software Development Graphs. Syntactically, Software Development Graphs are cycle-free, directed, finite graphs. Semantically, Software Development Graphs can be given four distinct kinds of semantics: one for each of the four major components of Software Development. The presentation alternates between serving some technical ideas and postulating some "philosophical" frame of reference for that larger concept: Software Development.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark

    Dines Bjørner

  2. Dansk Datamatik Center, Lundtoftevel IC, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark

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Kesav V. Nori

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Bjørner, D. (1986). Software Development Graphs a unifying concept for software development?. In: Nori, K.V. (eds) Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science. FSTTCS 1986. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 241. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-17179-7_1

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