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Sketching an evolutionary hierarchical framework for knowledge-based systems design

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Computer Aided Systems Theory — EUROCAST '89 (EUROCAST 1989)

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This paper describes a model of the software development process and indicates briefly how the model may be use to study re-usability of software processes. A possible architecture for a systems development environment is suggested.

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  1. University of Stirling, Scotland

    Charles Rattray

  2. GEC Avionics, Rochester, UK

    Don Price

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Rattray, C., Price, D. (1990). Sketching an evolutionary hierarchical framework for knowledge-based systems design. In: Pichler, F., Moreno-Diaz, R. (eds) Computer Aided Systems Theory — EUROCAST '89. EUROCAST 1989. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 410. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-52215-8_9

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