A knowledge-based approach to scientific software development

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Description: As a relatively mature field, scientific computing has the opportunity to lead other software fields by leveraging its solid, existing knowledge base. Our position is that by following a rational design process, with the right tool support, desirable software qualities such as traceability, verifiability, and reproducibility, can be achieved for scientific software.
Dan Szymczak; Spencer Smith; Jacques Carette
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