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Publication: IBM Systems Journal
Publication Date: 01-JUL-06
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Author: Sabbah, Daniel

Article Excerpt
For many years computer scientists have attempted to build models to represent the logic of various software components. We might ask why. It is because modeling is a universal way of both managing cost and facilitating exploration and innovation. Architects have always built models to envision complex construction projects; engineers in many disciplines build models as a way of better understanding, visualizing, and simulating the characteristics of their creations without incurring significant expense. More recently, software engineers have significantly increased our ability to model physical objects by incorporating more verisimilitude into the simulation of designs for automobiles, aircraft, and consumer products; almost anything that can be constructed is first modeled using CAD/CAM...

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