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Advances in computers. Volume 39 /
ADVANCES IN COMPUTERS VOL 39.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Academic Press,
�1994.
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| Colección: | Advances in computers ;
v. 39 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Advances in Computers, Volume 39; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Maintenance and Evolution of Software Products; 1. Introduction; 2. A Process of Change; 3. From Feedback to Evolutionary Plan; 4. Understanding Existing Code; 5. Designing Changes; 6. Regression Testing and Quality Assurance; 7. Reverse Engineering and Reuse; 8. Tools for Maintenence and Evolution; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2. Software Measurement: A Decision-Process Approach; 1. An Introduction to Software Measurement; 2. A Framework for Decision-Making.
- 3. The Role of Metrics in Decision-Making4. Theoretical Foundations of Measurement Systems; 5. Proxy Measures; 6. Product Metrics; 7. Process Metrics; 8. Using Metrics in Decision-Making Processes; 9. Selecting Metrics; 10. Conclusions; References; Chapter 3. Active Databases: Concepts and Design Support; 1. An Introduction to Active Database Technology; 2. Database Design: Methodological Prerequisites and Requirements; 3. Statecharts as Models of Reactive Systems; 4. Extended ER Diagrams as a Design Formalism for Structure Models; 5. ERSC Monitors as a Design Formalism for Active Databases.
- 6. ConclusionReferences; Chapter 4. Operating Systems Enhancements for Distributed Shared Memory; 1. Introduction; 2. Review of DSM Design and Implementation Issues; 3. Reducing the Latency due to Coherence Algorithms; 4. Latency due to Network Communication Overhead; 5. Latency due to Page-Sized Granularity and False Sharing; 6. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5. The Social Design of Worklife with Computers and Networks: A Natural Systems Perspective; 1. Introduction; 2. The Importance of Work; 3. Rational and Natural Systems Models of Organizational Behavior.
- 4. Social Design of Computerized Systems and Work Settings5. New Forms of Work Organization; 6. Control, Coordination. and Cooperation in Electronic Workplaces; 7. The Integration of Computing into Work; 8. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Author Index; Subject Index; Contents of Volumes in This Series.