Problem Oriented Software Engineering: Solving the Package Router Control Problem

Problem orientation is gaining interest as a way of approaching the development of software intensive systems, and yet, a significant example that explores its use is missing from the literature. In this paper, we present the basic elements of Problem Oriented Software Engineering (POSE), which aims...

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Published inIEEE transactions on software engineering Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 226 - 241
Main Authors Hall, J.G., Rapanotti, L., Jackson, M.A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.03.2008
IEEE Computer Society
Subjects
Calculus
Computer programs
Computer Society
Control systems
Design engineering
Digital Object Identifier
Hardware
Humans
Methodologies
Methods
Packages
Packaging
Problem solving
Product design
Programming
Requirements/Specifications
Routers
Software
Software design
Software development
Software engineering
Software packages
Software systems
Studies
Systems development
Requirements/Specifications
Software Engineering
Methodologies
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Summary:Problem orientation is gaining interest as a way of approaching the development of software intensive systems, and yet, a significant example that explores its use is missing from the literature. In this paper, we present the basic elements of Problem Oriented Software Engineering (POSE), which aims at bringing both nonformal and formal aspects of software development together in a single framework. We provide an example of a detailed and systematic POSE development of a software problem: that of designing the controller for a package router. The problem is drawn from the literature, but the analysis presented here is new. The aim of the example is twofold: to illustrate the main aspects of POSE and how it supports software engineering design and to demonstrate how a nontrivial problem can be dealt with by the approach.
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ISSN:0098-5589
1939-3520
DOI:10.1109/TSE.2007.70769