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Using simplicity to control complexity

Lui Sha·2001·IEEE Software
DOI 10.1109/ms.2001.936213
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Improving the reliability and availability of increasingly complex software is a serious challenge, especially in efforts to protect society's critical functions. Is it true that building diverse, redundant systems provides robustness? This article investigates the relationship between software complexity, reliability, and development resources. It also presents a forward-recovery approach based on the idea of using simplicity to control complexity as a way to improve the robustness of complex software systems.

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Authors
Sha, L.
Venue
IEEE Software
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Published
2001-07
Volume
18
Issue
4
Pages
20-28
ISSN
0740-7459 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1109/ms.2001.936213
OpenAlex
W2156093990
Cited by
420
References
9
FWCI
17.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
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