Information Systems Engineering

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XV

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2. Introduction

   • Arne Sølvberg, David Chenho Kung

   Pages 1-27

3. Structured Analysis and Design

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   Pages 29-80

4. Software Design

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   Pages 81-143

5. Database Design

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   Pages 145-199

6. Rule Modeling

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   Pages 201-249

7. Information Systems Evolution: The Software Aspect

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   Pages 251-284

8. Managing Information Systems Development Projects

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   Pages 285-303

9. Information System Support for Information System Development

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   Pages 305-330

10. Engineering Design Principles for Unsurveyable Systems

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    Pages 331-363

11. Information and Information Systems

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    Pages 365-395

12. Three Domains of Information Systems Modeling — and the Object-Oriented Approach

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    Pages 397-423

13. Model Integration with Executable Specifications

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    Pages 425-456

14. An Example of Comparing Information Systems Analysis Approaches

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    Pages 457-473

15. Formal Modeling Approaches

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    Pages 475-526

16. Back Matter

    Pages 527-541

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This book presents a selection of subjects which the authors deem to be important for information systems engineers. The book is intended for introductory teaching. We have tried to write the book in such a way that students with only fragmented knowledge of computers are able to read the book without too many difficulties. Students who have had only an intro­ ductory course in computer programming should be able to read most of the book. We have tried to achieve simplicity without compromising on depth in our discussions of the various aspects of information systems engineering. So it is our hope that also those who have deeper knowledge in computing may find pleasure in reading parts of the book. The writing of a textbook is a major undertaking for its authors. One is quite often forced to reexamine truisms in the subject area, and must be prepared to reevaluate one's opinions and priorities as one learns more. In particular this is so in new fields, where formalisms have been scarcely used, and where consensus has not yet emerged either on what constitutes the subject area or on how practical problems within the field shall be approached. Contemporary practice in computer applications is confronted with an increasingly complex world, both in a technical sense and in the complexity of problems that are solved by computer.

• Systems specification
• Systemspezifikation
• database
• database design
• design
• development
• information system
• modeling
• programming
• project management
• software
• software development
• software engineering
• systems analysis
• systems engineering

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science The Norwegian Institute of Technology, University of Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway

  Arne Sølvberg

• Department of Computer Science Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, USA

  David Chenho Kung

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