Requirements Engineering for Sociotechnical Systems - Softcover

Mate, Jose Luis; Silva, Andres

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591405076 ISBN 13: 9781591405078

Publisher: IGI Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

"The Information Society" that we live in today is largely driven by the products and services that either contain software as a core element, or are themselves software. At the very least, it is likely that most of those same products and services were manufactured with the help of some type of sophisticated software applications. Because of that, as well as the stresses of navigating through a truly global economy, the skills of software developers and engineers are being pushed to the limit. As a result of those growing complexities, it has become imperative that software engineers and developers understand the methods, tools and techniques for identifying, documenting and validating the requirements of complex systems. In turn, more emphasis is now being placed on Requirements Engineering and the role it plays in today's Information Society. Because of that, Requirements Engineering has now transcended its traditional role within software development and become an integral part of software engineering. Requirements Engineering for Socio-Technical Systems provides a comprehensive view of many of the system requirements for some of the hottest areas in development today. In addition, readers with understanding of human factors and social issues embedded within the development of socio-technical systems.

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About the Author

Dr. Jose Luis Mate is Full Professor of computer sciences and artificial intelligence at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM) and is, at present, Viceprovost of the University. He has also served as Dean of his School of Computer Science. He received his Telecommunications Engineer degree and the PhD from the UPM. His work on information system design is one of his most prominent activities, an area on which he advises several Spanish and international institutions, including the upper and lower houses of the Spanish Parliament. He was a designated member for the Spanish Government in the Spanish Commission for the Y2K. He is author of several books and papers related to the integration of software and knowledge engineering and in the Dr. Andres Silva is Lecturer of Software Engineering at Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM), where he is responsible for teaching Requirements Engineering. He has three years of industrial experience in software development and has worked at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission. In 2001 he received his PhD on Computer Science from the UPM. His research interests are Requirements Engineering and Knowledge Management. He is author of several conference and journal papers in requirements engineering.

Edition details

• Publisher: IGI Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1591405076
• ISBN 13: 9781591405078
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300