Alfred Spector
David Gifford
Abstract
What kinds of lessons does a classical engineering discipline like bridge design have for an emerging engineering discipline like computer systems design? Case-study editors Alfred Spector and David Gifford consider the insight and experience of bridge designer Gerard Fox to find out how strong the parallels are.
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Index Terms
- A computer science perspective of bridge design
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