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Software Engineering - Missing in Action: A Personal Perspective
Oct. 2011 (vol. 44 no. 10)
pp. 54-58
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David Parnas, "Software Engineering - Missing in Action: A Personal Perspective," Computer, vol. 44, no. 10, pp. 54-58, Oct., 2011.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MC.2011.268,
author = {David Parnas},
title = {Software Engineering - Missing in Action: A Personal Perspective},
journal ={Computer},
volume = {44},
number = {10},
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year = {2011},
pages = {54-58},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2011.268},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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David Parnas, Middle Road Software
Although a huge number of articles have been written about software development and many interesting ideas have been proposed, researchers and practitioners have failed to create a new engineering discipline focused on building software-intensive systems.

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Software engineering, computer education, applications
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David Parnas, "Software Engineering - Missing in Action: A Personal Perspective," Computer, vol. 44, no. 10, pp. 54-58, Oct. 2011, doi:10.1109/MC.2011.268
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