Conquering complexity

by Coyle, Lorcan Hinchey, Michael Gerard

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Title Statements

Full title :Conquering complexity / Mike Hinchey, Lorcan Coyle, editors ; foreword by Roger Penrose.

Summary

"Software has long been perceived as complex, at least within Software Engineering circles. We have been living in a recognised state of crisis since the first NATO Software Engineering conference in 1968. Time and again we have been proven unable to engineer reliable software as easily/cheaply as we imagined. Cost overruns and expensive failures are the norm. The problem is fundamentally one of complexity: software is fundamentally complex because it must be precise. Problems that appear to be specified quite easily in plain language become far more complex when written in a more formal notation, such as computer code. Comparisons with other engineering disciplines are deceptive. One cannot easily increase the factor of safety of software in the same way that one could in building a steel structure, for example. Software is typically built assuming perfection, often without adequate safety nets in case the unthinkable happens. In such circumstances it should not be surprising to find out that (seemingly) minor errors have the potential to cause entire software systems to collapse"--Provided by publisher.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

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The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 466 pages) : : ilustr

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781447122975, 1447122976
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4471-2297-5
oclc:ocn905283385
Dewey Decimal:005.1

Subjects

Complexité de calcul (Informatique) Computational complexity Computer Science Computer Science, general COMPUTERS -- Programming COMPUTERS -- Software Development & Eng… Electronic Data Processing Génie logiciel Informatique Software Engineering