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A graph transform model for configuration management environments

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Dennis Heimbigner,

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ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, Volume 13, Issue 5

Pages 216 - 225

https://doi.org/10.1145/64137.65023

Published: 03 November 1988 Publication History

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A model for software configuration management that subsumes several existing systems is described. It is patterned after compiler models in which programs are transformed by multiple phases ending in an executable program. We model configuration management as transforming a high-level specification of a software product to be produced into a complete specification capable of being executed to construct the product. This transformational approach is used to model four existing systems and to compare and contrast their operation.

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A graph transform model for configuration management environments
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Computer vision
      1. Computer vision representations
        Hierarchical representations
  2. Computer graphics
    1. Shape modeling
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Software configuration management and version control systems

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cover image ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes

ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes Volume 13, Issue 5

Special issue: Proceedings of the ACM SIGSOFT/SIGPLAN software engineering symposium on practical software development environments

November 1988

257 pages

ISSN:0163-5948

DOI:10.1145/64137

Editor:
Peter Henderson
SUNY, Stonybrook, NY

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SDE 3: Proceedings of the third ACM SIGSOFT/SIGPLAN software engineering symposium on Practical software development environments
January 1989
257 pages
ISBN:089791290X
DOI:10.1145/64135
Editor:
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SUNY, Stonybrook, NY

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