Douglas T. Ross, "Structured analysis (SA): A language for communicating ideas" in: IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering Vol. 3, No. 1, Jan 1977. pp. 16-34; p. 19.
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We never have any understanding of any subject matter except in terms of our own mental constructs of "things" and "happenings" of that subject matter.
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About Douglas T. Ross
Douglas Taylor "Doug" Ross (December 21, 1929 – January 31, 2007) was an American computer scientist pioneer, and Chairman of SofTech, Inc. He is most famous for originating the term CAD for computer-aided design, and is considered to be the father of Automatically Programmed Tools (APT) a language to drive numerically controlled manufacturing.
About Douglas T. Ross
Douglas Taylor "Doug" Ross (December 21, 1929 – January 31, 2007) was an American computer scientist pioneer, and Chairman of SofTech, Inc. He is most famous for originating the term CAD for computer-aided design, and is considered to be the father of Automatically Programmed Tools (APT) a language to drive numerically controlled manufacturing.
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