System-Level Issues and Approaches in Software Development
Stephanie White · 2002
Computer-based systems affect virtually everything we do. Computer-based systems (CBS) are those for which behavior is, to a substantial degree, determined controlled by computers. Such systems include telephone and communication, airline reservation, electronic banking and commerce, process control and computer integrated manufacturing, avionics and aerospace, transportation (automotive, train, ship, traffic), medical instruments, microprocessor controlled domestic equipment, and a wide variety of military applications. These applications involve (a) large systems information and knowledge, (b) distributed and possibly embedded computer and communication components, (c) humans, (d) organizations and (e) system andorganization environments.