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A Procedure for Designing Abstract Interfaces for Device Interface Modules
| Venue: | 195-204. Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering |
| Citations: | 52 - 4 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Britton_aprocedure,
author = {Kathryn Heninger Britton and R. Alan and Parker David and L. Parnas},
title = {A Procedure for Designing Abstract Interfaces for Device Interface Modules},
booktitle = {195-204. Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering},
year = {},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society Press}
}
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Abstract
This paper describes the abstract interface principl~: and shows how it can be applied in the design ol device interface modules. The purpose of this principle is to reduce maintenance costs for embedded real-time software by facilitating the adaptation of the software to altered hardware interfaces. This principle has been applied in the Naval Research Laboratory's redesign of the flight software for the Navy's A-7 aircraft. This paper interface principle and presents solutions to interest~.ng problems encountered in the A-7 re-design. The specification document for the A-7 device interface modules is available on request; it provides a fully worked out example of the design approach discussed in this paper. Keywords software design techniques module specifications abstract interfaces software maintenance cost reduction information-hiding modules real-time software embedded software device interface modules virtual devices
Keyphrases
designing abstract interface device interface module hardware interface abstract interface principl a-7 device interface module maintenance cost design approach a-7 re-design naval research laboratory a-7 aircraft present solution keywords software design technique specification document flight software paper interface principle design ol device interface module embedded real-time software
