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Scale-Free Model in Software Engineering: A New Design Method

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Geo-Informatics in Resource Management and Sustainable Ecosystem (GRMSE 2013)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 399))

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Abstract

Along with software systems become larger and more complex, engineers need better ways to design and maintain these systems. We apply complex network theory into software engineering for this purpose. Recently researchers have found most of complex systems comply with a scale-free network model. This paper presents an initial research into the small-world and scale-free phenomenon within the development of a three-dimensional visualization platform, Total Discovery of Space, which has applied to practical aerospace engineering successfully. It is expected that this model will be practical for software engineering.

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  1. School of Information Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang, 050043, Hebei, China

    Zhengxu Zhao

  2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, Shandong, China

    Yang Guo

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  1. Wuhan University, No. 37, Luoyu Road, 430079, Wuhan, Hubei, China

    Fuling Bian

  2. Institute for Geospatial Research and Education, Michigan University, 125 King Hall, 48197, Ypsilanti, MI, USA

    Yichun Xie

  3. Wuhan University, No 37 Luoyu Road, 430079, Wuhan, Hubei, China

    Xiaohui Cui  & Yixin Zeng  & 

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Zhao, Z., Guo, Y. (2013). Scale-Free Model in Software Engineering: A New Design Method. In: Bian, F., Xie, Y., Cui, X., Zeng, Y. (eds) Geo-Informatics in Resource Management and Sustainable Ecosystem. GRMSE 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 399. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41908-9_35

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