{"title":"The insides and outsides of computer-based system complexity","authors":"H. Lawson","doi":"10.1109/ECBS.1997.581853","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Personal reflections concerning the man-made complexities in computer-based systems are presented. Complexities are divided into Inside (hardware and systems software) and Outside (development and deployment of application softwares). In order to gain a perspective upon how complexities have arisen, several historical developments in the computer industry are reviewed. Further, a call is made for computer-based system engineers to be proactive in seeking to minimize complexity at all of the abstract and concrete levels of computer-based systems.","PeriodicalId":240356,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings International Conference and Workshop on Engineering of Computer-Based Systems","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1997-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings International Conference and Workshop on Engineering of Computer-Based Systems","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECBS.1997.581853","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Personal reflections concerning the man-made complexities in computer-based systems are presented. Complexities are divided into Inside (hardware and systems software) and Outside (development and deployment of application softwares). In order to gain a perspective upon how complexities have arisen, several historical developments in the computer industry are reviewed. Further, a call is made for computer-based system engineers to be proactive in seeking to minimize complexity at all of the abstract and concrete levels of computer-based systems.