Component-based network systems engineering /

"The book explores interfaces, integration, components, and architectures; explains how these elements relate; and helps you determine the combinations and approaches that will yield the best results for your organization's needs. You get hands-on guidance to building systems based upon re...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Norris, Mark
Other Authors: Davis, Robert E., 1950-, Pengelly, Alan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston : Artech House, ©2000.
Series:Artech House telecommunications library.
Subjects:
Component software.
Systems engineering.
Computer networks.
Composants logiciels.
Ingénierie des systèmes.
Réseaux d'ordinateurs.
systems engineering.
COMPUTERS > Networking > Vendor Specific.
COMPUTERS > Data Transmission Systems > General.
Component software
Computer networks
Systems engineering
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • At the Edge of Communication
  • A Global Issue
  • Some Basic Definitions
  • An Interface
  • Some Types of Interface
  • Why Interfaces Matter
  • Interfaces Enable Integration
  • Plug and Play?
  • The Real World
  • Tools for Integration
  • Interfaces and Complexity
  • Types of Interface
  • Protocols
  • Application Program Interface
  • Middleware
  • Remote Procedure Call
  • Messaging
  • The Right Interface
  • The Design Problem
  • The Interface Equation
  • Components - Components
  • So What Is New?
  • Why Use Components?
  • What Is a Component?
  • An Example: Components in Car Assembly
  • What Do We Design First--System or Components?
  • Car Assembly Revisited
  • Personal Computer Assembly
  • Bits and Pieces: What Have We Learned So Far
  • Views of Components
  • Software Components: At Last!
  • Generic Types of Software Components
  • Black Box Components
  • White Box Components
  • Glass Box Components
  • Gray Box Components
  • Examples of Specific Types of Software Components
  • Procedures, Subroutines, Objects, and Class Libraries
  • Objects and Class Libraries
  • Operating Systems
  • Databases and Spreadsheets
  • Plugable Components
  • Logical and Physical Components
  • Why Aren't Software Components the Same as Hardware Components?
  • A Layered Model of Components
  • Component Technologies
  • Component Object Model (COM)
  • Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA)
  • Enterprise Java Beans
  • Software Components
  • Mid-Tier Components
  • System-Level Components
  • Business-Level Components.

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