Simplicity: The interplay of product layer modules

Abstract

Whilst monolithic models combine a whole chain of interacting modules, the modular research strategy focuses on individual modules and their improvement by abstracting the rest of the system to simple input and output signals. And as Nisan and Schocken emphasise in the context of computer science: “. . . a good modular design implies just that: You can work on the individual modules independently, while completely ignoring the rest of the system.”