Advances in Computers (eBook)

Cover 1
Copyright 5
Contents 6
Contributors 10
Preface 12
Chapter 1. Conceptual and Logical Design of Relational Databases 16
1. An Introduction to Current Methodologies for Database Design 16
2. Requirements Analysis 23
3. Conceptual Modeling 43
4. Logical Design 87
5. Conclusion 92
References 93
Chapter 2. Computational Approaches for Tactile Information Processing and Analysis 96
1. Introduction 96
2. Issues in Extracting Tactile Domain Information 98
3. Passive Tactile Sensing 103
4. Active Tactile Sensing 116
5. Passive and Active Tactile Sensing Experiments 124
6. Summary and Conclusion 143
References 147
Chapter 3. Objected-Oriented System Development Methods 150
1. Object-Oriented Concepts 150
2. Object-Oriented System Development Methods 161
3. Object-Oriented System Development with Box Structures 175
4. The Cleanroom System Development Process 185
5. Conclusions and Future Research Directions . 192
Acknowledgments 195
References 195
Appendix A: A Case Study of Box Structure Design–The Cass System 199
Chapter 4. Reverse Engineering 214
1. Introduction 215
2. The Context of Reverse Engineering 215
3. Taxonomy of Terms 219
4. Reverse Engineering Throughout the Life Cycle: Objectives and Purpoeses 226
5. Economic and Legal Issues 236
6. Survey of Current Research 239
7. Conclusion 264
Acknowledgments 266
References 266
Chapter 5. Multiprocessing 270
1. Introduction 271
2. An Overview of Parallel Programming 273
3. Architectural Support for Distributed Shared Memory 285
4. Communications Cost and Grain Size for Parallel Processing 300
5. Advances in Parallel Discrete Event Simulation (PDES) 312
6 .Conclusion 332
References 333
Chapter 6. The Landscape of International Computing 340
1. Introduction 341
2. A View of the Landscape 341
3. National Differences 343
4. Transnational Systems and MNCs 346
5. The International Regime and Global Informatization 348
6. Information Starvation and Computational Dependency in the Developing World 354
7. International Response to National Concerns 360
8. National Response to International Concerns 365
9. Three Dimensions of State Influence 371
10. Conclusions 376
11. An Agenda for Further Research 378
References 382
Author Index 388
Subject Index 396
Contents of Volumes in this Series 404