Software Engineering Fundamentals: New Series Textbooks for Automation in Higher Education

Author: Zhao Yiding
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This book comprehensively and systematically elaborates on the fundamental concepts, techniques, and methods of software engineering in the field of automation. The book consists of 16 chapters, covering main topics such as: software development processes and software development models, software requirements analysis, software testing and maintenance, software engineering management, fundamentals of software design, UML modeling language, real-time system software design, and industrial automation configuration software technology. The content of configuration software technology includes real-time database design and variable configuration, graphical interface design, report configuration, device driver and management, communication configuration, and practical applications of industrial control configuration software design. The appendix includes software documentation standards and brief introductions to common configuration software (e.g., ForceControl PCAuto, Siemens WinACC, and MCGS). The book is rich in content, well-illustrated, and easy to understand. It can serve as a textbook for undergraduate and associate degree programs in automation, measurement and control, automatic control, mechatronics, and computer-related fields, as well as a reference for software engineering professionals.