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Keep It Simple: Bring Software Complexity Under Control

CORDIS News (12/19/12) European Union-funded researchers working on the industrial deployment of advanced system engineering methods for high productivity and dependability (DEPLOY) project, have developed an approach for building software systems that is safer, less expensive, and more robust.  The research aims to improve traditional software engineering processes that are not equipped to handle the complexity and diversity of modern software systems.  "As more and more elements and more functionality are packed into systems, engineers say they are losing control of complexity and worry they won't be able to provide the quality assurances required," says University of Newcastle professor Alexander Romanovsky.  He says the DEPLOY project approach follows formal engineering methods, which are starting to gain acceptance among industry experts as a more efficient, practical way to develop complex software systems.  Formal engineering methods are based on mathematic...