Software Systems Evolution, Free Will and Hyperincursivity

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Abstract

During software evolution, the next state to be reached by the system, can be an unknown situation that could have unwillingness effects over the evolutionary process. Additionally, the modifications suffered by a Software System may affect the structure or the way of use of that structure. In order to avoid undesired effects, changes must be known by the system. The knowledge of the future states moves us to consider these systems as Incursive Discrete Strong Anticipatory Systems. As well, the evolution has hyperincursive characters because there exists several possibilities of modification, before selecting the next state… As a consequence we have a non directed evolutionary process in order to obtain a correct and adequate evolutionary sequence for the system. This process is also not hazardous, but under the modeller free will.

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Bibliographical reference

Juan Jesús Torres-Carbonell, José Parets-Llorca and Daniel M. Dubois, « Software Systems Evolution, Free Will and Hyperincursivity », CASYS, 12 | 2002, 3-21.

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Juan Jesús Torres-Carbonell, José Parets-Llorca and Daniel M. Dubois, « Software Systems Evolution, Free Will and Hyperincursivity », CASYS [Online], 12 | 2002, Online since 12 July 2024, connection on 20 September 2024. URL : http://popups.lib.uliege.be/1373-5411/index.php?id=1503

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Juan Jesús Torres-Carbonell

Secretaría de Estado de Telecomunicaciones y para la Sociedad de la Información, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, Palacio de Comunicaciones, Plaza Cibeles s/n, 28071 Madrid, Spain

José Parets-Llorca

Departamento de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos, E.T.S. Ingeniería Informática, Av. Andalucía, s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain

Daniel M. Dubois

Centre for Hyperincursion and Anticipation in Ordered Systems, CHAOS asbl, Institute of Mathematics, B37, University of Liège, Grande Traverse 12, B-4000 Liège 1, Belgium

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