
Axiomatic Software Engineering
Author(s) -
Joseph Timothy Foley,
Marcel Kyas
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1174/1/012025
Subject(s) - computer science , software engineering , programming language , cohesion (chemistry) , structured programming , software development , software , composability , axiomatic design , engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , operations management , lean manufacturing
Axiomatic Design and Complexity Theory have primarily focused on refining the process of an abstracted need into a physical solution even under challenging conditions. The concepts have high applicability as guidelines for non-physical design, such as those found in programming and its applied field of software engineering. Software engineering came out of the software crisis of the 1960s: its goal is to deliver safe and secure software that meets its specifications on time and within its budget. The product of software engineering is a program. The program is written in a programming language that looked suitable for the problem at hand. For some time, object-oriented technology (OOT) looked popular, because it promised to address information hiding, composability, and extensibility of programs. In hindsight, OOT failed to deliver on its promises. We analyze how Axiomatic Design leads to solutions that are proposed by current programming technologies. The authors believe that different paradigms such as cohesion also need to be included.