A man may imagine he understands something, but still not understand anything in the way that he ought to. (Paul of Tarsus, 1 Corinthians 8:2) Calling this a ‘practical theory’ may require some explanation. Theory and practice are often thought of as two different worlds, governed bydifferentideals,principles, andlaws.DavidLorgeParnas, forinstance,who has contributed much to our theoretical understanding of software engineering and also to sound use of theory in the practice of it, likes to point out that ‘theoretically’ is synonymous to ‘not really’. In applied mathematics the goal is to discover useful connections between these two worlds. My thesis is that in software engineering this two-world view is inadequate, and a more intimate interplay is required between theory and practice. That is, both theoretical and practical components should be integrated into a practical theory. It should beclearfrom theabovethattheintended readership of this book is not theoreticians. They would probably have difficulties in appreciating a book on theory where the presentation does not proceed in a logical sequence from basic definitions to theorems and mathematical proofs, followed by - plication examples. In fact, all this would not constitute what I understand by a practical theory in this context.
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A Practical Theory of Reactive Systems: Incremental Modeling of Dynamic Behaviors
A man may imagine he understands something, but still not understand anything in the way that he ought to. (Paul of Tarsus, 1 Corinthians 8:2) Calling this a ‘practical theory’ may require some explanation. Theory and practice are often thought of as two different worlds, governed bydifferentideals,principles, andlaws.DavidLorgeParnas, forinstance,who has contributed much to our theoretical understanding of software engineering and also to sound use of theory in the practice of it, likes to point out that ‘theoretically’ is synonymous to ‘not really’. In applied mathematics the goal is to discover useful connections between these two worlds. My thesis is that in software engineering this two-world view is inadequate, and a more intimate interplay is required between theory and practice. That is, both theoretical and practical components should be integrated into a practical theory. It should beclearfrom theabovethattheintended readership of this book is not theoreticians. They would probably have difficulties in appreciating a book on theory where the presentation does not proceed in a logical sequence from basic definitions to theorems and mathematical proofs, followed by - plication examples. In fact, all this would not constitute what I understand by a practical theory in this context.
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| ISBN-13: | 9783642062377 |
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| Publisher: | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Publication date: | 12/15/2010 |
| Series: | Texts in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCS Series |
| Edition description: | Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005 |
| Pages: | 420 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d) |
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