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A representation of software systems evolution based on the theory of the General System

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Computer Aided Systems Theory — EUROCAST '93 (EUROCAST 1993)

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The more commonly used software development methods assign the activities and results of the process of modification and evolution of software systems to maintenance. In this paper we present an approach to the representation of the evolution of these systems, based on Le Moigne's theory of the General System, and a prototype developed in an object-oriented programming language which implements the concepts used.

To do this we distinguish, in the evolution of software systems, between the Functional and Structural History of the system. These concepts have allowed us to elaborate a recursive-evolutive model of the software development process, which permits us to implement the concepts of the theory and to make prototypes of software systems.

Perhaps the most important contribution comes from the uniformity provided by a well founded epistemological background, the System Theory, which allows us to treat the design, functioning and modifications of software systems in an homogeneous way.

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  1. Dept. de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos, Universidad de Granada Facultad de Ciencias, 18001, Granada, Spain

    José Parets, Ana Anaya, María J. Rodríguez & Patricia Paderewski

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Parets, J., Anaya, A., Rodríguez, M.J., Paderewski, P. (1994). A representation of software systems evolution based on the theory of the General System. In: Pichler, F., Moreno Díaz, R. (eds) Computer Aided Systems Theory — EUROCAST '93. EUROCAST 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 763. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57601-0_43

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