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Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications, 3rd Edition
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Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications, 3rd Edition

by Grady Booch, Robert A. Maksimchuk, Michael W. Engle, Bobbi J. Young, Jim Conallen, Kelli A. Houston
April 2007
Beginner to intermediate
720 pages
20h 14m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 1

1 Actually, even simple continuous systems can exhibit very complex behavior because of the presence of chaos. Chaos introduces a randomness that makes it impossible to precisely predict the future state of a system. For example, given the initial state of two drops of water at the top of a stream, we cannot predict exactly where they will be relative to one another at the bottom of the stream. Chaos has been found in systems as diverse as the weather, chemical reactions, biological systems, and even computer networks. Fortunately, there appears to be underlying order in all chaotic systems, in the form of patterns called attractors.

2 Complex software systems embody other kinds of hierarchies as well. Of particular importance ...

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