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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Software development is a complex problem-solving activity with a high level of uncertainty. There are many technical challenges concerning scheduling, cost estimation, reliability, performance, etc, which are further aggravated by weaknesses such as changing requirements, team dynamics, and high...
by Stefan Wagner
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2013
Quality is not a fixed or universal property of software; it depends on the context and goals of its stakeholders. Hence, when you want to develop a high-quality software system, the first step must be a clear and precise specification of quality. Yet even if you get it right and complete, you can...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
Why have a book about the relation between requirements and software architecture? Understanding the relation between requirements and architecture is important because the requirements, be they explicit or implicit, represent the function, whereas the architecture determines the form. While changes...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Collaboration among individuals – from users to developers – is central to modern software engineering. It takes many forms: joint activity to solve common problems, negotiation to resolve conflicts, creation of shared definitions, and both social and technical perspectives impacting all software...
Perspectives on the Future of Software Engineering
Essays in Honor of Dieter Rombach
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
The dependence on quality software in all areas of life is what makes software engineering a key discipline for today’s society. Thus, over the last few decades it has been increasingly recognized that it is particularly important to demonstrate the value of software engineering methods in real-world...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
Astromineralogy deals with the science of gathering mineralogical information from the astronomical spectroscopy of asteroids, comets and dust in the circumstellar environments in general. This field has received a tremendous boost with the reliable identification of minerals by the Infrared Space...
On Orbit and Beyond
Psychological Perspectives on Human Spaceflight
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
As we stand poised on the verge of a new era of spaceflight, we must rethink every element, including the human dimension. This book explores some of the contributions of psychology to yesterday’s great space race, today’s orbiter and International Space Station missions, and tomorrow’s journeys...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
The impact of anthropogenic activities on our atmospheric environment is of growing public concern and satellite-based techniques now provide an essential component of observational strategies on regional and global scales. The purpose of this book is to summarise the state of the art in the field...
Ganzheitliches Life Cycle Management
Nachhaltigkeit und Lebenszyklusorientierung in Unternehmen
Language: German
Release Date: December 7, 2009
Wenn Unternehmen die Anforderungen einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung umsetzen, stehen sie vor der zentralen Aufgabe, Produkte und Prozesse lebensphasenübergreifend zu betrachten. Der Autor stellt die Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten des Life Cycle Managements vor und unterscheidet zwischen lebensphasenbezogenen...
Business Processes for Business Communities
Modeling Languages, Methods, Tools
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
After a brief introduction to the topic of business process modeling, the book offers a quick-start into model-based business process engineering. After that, the foundations of the modeling languages used are conveyed. Meaningful examples are in the foreground - each of the underlying formalisms...
Enabling Flexibility in Process-Aware Information Systems
Challenges, Methods, Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
In today’s dynamic business world, the success of a company increasingly depends on its ability to react to changes in its environment in a quick and flexible way. Companies have therefore identified process agility as a competitive advantage to address business trends like increasing product and...
Recht ex machina
Formalisierung des Rechts im Internet der Dienste
Language: German
Release Date: June 30, 2012
Im Internet werden Informationen immer häufiger so ausgezeichnet, dass sie für Computer interpretierbar sind (Semantic Web). Solche maschinenlesbaren Informationen sorgen dafür, dass Dienste im Internet verfügbar gemacht und gefunden werden können. Diese Automatisierung schafft eine neue Rechtslage...
Faktencheck Energiewende
Konzept, Umsetzung, Kosten – Antworten auf die 10 wichtigsten Fragen
Language: German
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Dieses Buch schafft endlich Transparenz und Orientierung in der gesellschaftlichen Diskussion über die deutsche Energiepolitik. Es bietet einen konzentrierten Überblick über die Konzeption, den aktuellen Stand der Umsetzung und die Kosten der Energiewende. Anhand der wesentlichen Zahlen, Fakten...
The Growth Spiral
Money, Energy, and Imagination in the Dynamics of the Market Process
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
This book develops a new theory of the modern economy. Conventional economic theory is (still) based on an essentially static notion of equilibrium. In contrast, this book offers an analysis of the economic process based on a truly dynamic approach. It understands modern economic activity as manifesting...