Notes on synthesis of context between engineering and social science

Ziyad Alshaikh, Clive Boughton

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    Abstract

    The term 'context,' in software engineering, has been typically associated to mean the act of setting boundaries and setting system scope. In this paper, we revisit the concept of 'context' and draw ideas from other areas of engineering and the social sciences to suggest that context is a much richer concept that requires a systematic approach to model all of its relative aspects. It constitutes more complex phenomena concerning how a system interacts with its surroundings or even the world. Therefore, we outline a synthesised view of context to be used as a foundation for any approach that intends to apply 'context' effectively within a process or a modelling framework for software engineering. The synthesis is identified from five combined themes for any model to use context effectively.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationModeling and Using Context - 8th International and Interdisciplinary Conference, CONTEXT 2013, Proceedings
    Pages157-170
    Number of pages14
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013
    Event8th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context, CONTEXT 2013 - Annecy, France
    Duration: 28 Oct 201331 Oct 2013

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
    Volume8175 LNAI
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743
    ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

    Conference

    Conference8th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context, CONTEXT 2013
    Country/TerritoryFrance
    CityAnnecy
    Period28/10/1331/10/13

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