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Brooks, Frederick P. (Frederick Phillips)
The design of design : essays from a computer scientist / Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 978-0-201-36298-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Engineering design. 2. Software
engineering. 3. Design—Case studies. I. Title.
TA174.B752 2010
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