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Deductive software building

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In this paper we present a deductive approach to modelling complex software systems. As well as highlighting the strengths of the approach in terms of configuration issues we also outline its potential contribution to an exploratory software development process.

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Jacky Estublier

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Brereton, P., Singleton, P. (1995). Deductive software building. In: Estublier, J. (eds) Software Configuration Management. SCM SCM 1993 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1005. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-60578-9_6

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