The final installment in this three-volume set is based on this maxim: "Before software can be designed its requirements must be well understood, and before the requirements can be expressed properly the domain of the application must be well understood." The book covers the process from the development of domain descriptions, through the derivation of requirements prescriptions from domain models, to the refinement of requirements into software architectures and component design.

Autorentext

MSc.EE, 1962, PhD.CS 1969; IBM 1962-1975 (R&D: Sweden, California USA, Switzerland, Austria); Prof. Techn.Univ. of Denmark 1976--...; Guest Profs.: Univ. of California at Berkeley, Kiel Univ., Natl.Univ. of Singapore; Founder & Scientific Director: Dansk Datamatik Center (1979 1989); UN Director, UN Univ. Intl. Inst. f. Softw.Techn., Macau (1991-1997); Co-founder of (VDM now) Formal Methods Europe, 1987-...; Member of Academia Europaea; Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (AB); The Ths.Masaryk Gold Medal, Masaryk Univ., Brno, Czech Republic; The John von Neumann Medal, Hungarian Computer (JvN) Society; Knight of the Danish Flag

Inhalt

Opening.- The Triptych Paradigm.- Documents.- Conceptual Framework.- Methods and Methodology.- Models and Modelling.- Descriptions: Theory and Practice.- Phenomena and Concepts.- On Defining and on Definitions.- Jackson's Description Principles.- Domain Engineering.- Overview of Domain Engineering.- Domain Stakeholders.- Domain Attributes.- Domain Facets.- Domain Acquisition.- Domain Analysis and Concept Formation.- Domain Verification and Validation.- Towards Domain Theories.- The Domain Engineering Process Model.- Requirements Engineering.- Overview of Requirements Engineering.- Requirements Stakeholders.- Requirements Facets.- Requirements Acquisition.- Requirements Analysis and Concept Formation.- Requirements Verification and Validation.- Requirements Satisfiability and Feasibility.- The Requirements Engineering Process Model.- Computing Systems Design.- Hardware/Software Codesign.- Software Architecture Design.- A Case Study in Component Design.- Domain-Specific Architectures.- Etcetera: Coding and All That!.- The Computing Systems Design Process Model.- Closing.- The Triptych Development Process Model.- Finale.