Architecture of the space shuttle primary avionics software system

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Gene D. Carlow

IBM, Federal Systems Division, Houston, TX

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Communications of the ACM Volume 27 Issue 9Sept. 1984 pp 926–936https://doi.org/10.1145/358234.358258

Published:01 September 1984Publication History

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PASS, perhaps the most complex flight computer program ever developed, epitomizes the benefits to be gained by establishing a well-structured system architecture at the front end of the development process

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Architecture of the space shuttle primary avionics software system
1. Applied computing
  1. Physical sciences and engineering
    1. Aerospace
2. Software and its engineering

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Communications of the ACM Volume 27, Issue 9
Sept. 1984
101 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/358234
Editor:
Peter J. Denning
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
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- Published: 1 September 1984
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