On the criteria to be used in decomposing systems into modules Export

@article{citeulike:95914, abstract = {This paper discusses modularization as a mechanism for improving the flexibility and comprehensibility of a system while allowing the shortening of its development time. The effectiveness of a \“modularization\” is dependent upon the criteria used in dividing the system into modules. A system design problem is presented and both a conventional and unconventional decomposition are described. It is shown that the unconventional decompositions have distinct advantages for the goals outlined. The criteria used in arriving at the decompositions are discussed. The unconventional decomposition, if implemented with the conventional assumption that a module consists of one or more subroutines, will be less efficient in most cases. An alternative approach to implementation which does not have this effect is sketched.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Parnas, D. L.}, citeulike-article-id = {95914}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=361623}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/361598.361623}, doi = {10.1145/361598.361623}, issn = {0001-0782}, journal = {Commun. ACM}, keywords = {modularity, software\_engineering}, month = {December}, number = {12}, pages = {1053--1058}, posted-at = {2005-02-15 16:43:34}, priority = {2}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {On the criteria to be used in decomposing systems into modules}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/361598.361623}, volume = {15}, year = {1972} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:95914 L3 - citeulike-article-id:95914 N2 - This paper discusses modularization as a mechanism for improving the flexibility and comprehensibility of a system while allowing the shortening of its development time. The effectiveness of a “modularization” is dependent upon the criteria used in dividing the system into modules. A system design problem is presented and both a conventional and unconventional decomposition are described. It is shown that the unconventional decompositions have distinct advantages for the goals outlined. The criteria used in arriving at the decompositions are discussed. The unconventional decomposition, if implemented with the conventional assumption that a module consists of one or more subroutines, will be less efficient in most cases. An alternative approach to implementation which does not have this effect is sketched. IS - 12 JF - Commun. ACM SN - 0001-0782 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 1058 TI - On the criteria to be used in decomposing systems into modules PB - ACM VL - 15 SP - 1053 KW - modularity KW - software_engineering AU - Parnas, DL PY - 1972/12// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/361598.361623 ER -