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Logical construction of software

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Donald R. Chand,

Surya B. YadavAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 23, Issue 10

Pages 546 - 555

https://doi.org/10.1145/359015.359017

Published: 01 October 1980 Publication History

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The authors contend that it is both possible and necessary to clearly demark and explicitly define the transition between the software design and software implementation phases of the software life cycle. The output of the software design phase is defined to be a logical design of software, and the logical design can be described explicitly if the software is viewed as a system of data sets and data transforms. Logical Construction of Software (LCS) is a software design methodology that guides the designer in defining and describing these software components and their relationships. The methodology is illustrated via a practical application.

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Ameneyro RArena CColmenares RCornejo PGarcia RHernandez EMariscal GRivera S(1984)Systems documentationProceedings of the 3rd annual international conference on Systems documentation10.1145/800018.800549(29-32)Online publication date: 16-May-1984
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Yadav S(1983)Determining an organization's information requirementsACM SIGMIS Database: the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems10.1145/1017720.101772114:3(3-20)Online publication date: 1-Apr-1983
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1017720.1017721
Logrippo LShelter TAbraham SFriedman E(1981)Input-directed program designProceedings of the ACM '81 conference10.1145/800175.809891(263-267)Online publication date: 1-Jan-1981
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/800175.809891
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