OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING THE NEXTSTEP, LONDON 1990

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OBJECT ORIENTED

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

THE NEXTSTEP, LONDON 1990

edited by Bruce Anderson

preface by Brad Cox

Object-oriented software technology is the approach

which currently offers the most promise for reviewing

software quality and productivity. As it moves from being a

minority programming technique to a central focus of the

software lifecycle.

The content addresses a wide variety of issues:

• the object oriented lifestyle

• introduction of object-oriented methods to organisations

• specific language issues for C+ + and Smalltalk

• methods of object-oriented software engineering

• re-useable software components

To order a copy please complete the coupon below and

return to Ian Jones at BISL, PO Box 1454, Station Road,

Swindon, Wiltshire SN11TG with cheque made payable

to BISL.

Please supply copy/ies@ £15.00 for BCS members copy/ies @ £25.00 for non-members BCS Membership No

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FAX 0793 480270

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Publication Policy

The subject of computing has been expanding rapidly for many years. This has had the effect of causing an explosion in the number of academic papers submitted to The Computer Journal and, over the last few years, has been producing an ever-increasing backlog of papers deemed to be of publishable standard. To publish papers which are three years old is not in the interests of either the authors or the Journal, and the Editorial Board is anxious to ensure that such a situation does not continue. A new method for selecting papers for publication has, therefore, been introduced.

In order to maintain the Journal as a leading medium in all aspects of computer science and computer applications, it has been agreed that future issues will identify state-of-the-art themes and will publish new papers related to those themes. By ' new' it is intended that papers should have been written no longer than six months before the press date. The list of themes to be chosen will be published approximately 18 months in advance and submissions will be invited against the themes. Most issues, however, will use only half the available space for the theme papers, and papers of a more general nature will still be accepted. The themes chosen for the period up to December 1993 are given below. Authors should note, however, that changes in the topics and in the dates of publication could be made as a consequence of the nature of material submitted.

The new refereeing process will be as follows. All papers will be refereed in the usual way and once they have been confirmed as being of publishable standard they will be considered for a particular theme. With each issue will be associated a sub-group of the Editorial Board who will select the best papers from those available for inclusion in the issue. It is only at this time that acceptance of a paper, or otherwise, will be notified.

Authors should note, however, that at the same time as attempting to move the Journal into one which publishes only the best papers on relevant topics, the Publications Committee of the BCS is intending to expand its coverage. New journals covering special-interest topics such as databases and parallel computing are expected to be introduced in the near future, possibly as new journals or possibly as a second/third series of The Computer Journal. There will be full co-operation between any new publications and The Computer

Journal. The Editorial Board is hopeful that these new opportunities for publication will allow the present

proportion of submitted material to continue to be published.

The arrangements for the submission of papers remain as before. All papers submitted for publication should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief, The Computer Journal, Middlesex Polytechnic, The Burroughs, Hendon, London NW4 4BT.

Future Special Issues

Publication Date June 1992 August 1992 October 1992 December 1992 February 1993 April 1993 June 1993 August 1993 October 1993 December 1993 Theme Information Retrieval Performance Measurement Formal Aspects Multi-Media Mathematical Computation Software and Systems Quality Spatial Data

Telecommunications

Large-Scale Document Management/ Hypermedia

Parallel Computing

Deadline for Submission

Too late Too late Too late 15 May 1992 15 July 1992 15 September 1992 16 November 1992 15 January 1993 15 March 1993 14 May 1993

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