This coherently written book is the final report on the IPSEN project on
Integrated Software Project Support Environments devoted to the
integration of tools for the development and maintenance of large
software systems.
The theoretical and application-oriented findings of this comprehensive
project are presented in the following chapters: Overview: introduction,
classification, and global approach; The outside perspective: tools,
environments, their integration, and user interface; Internal conceptual
modeling: graph grammar specifications; Realization: derivation of
efficient tools, Current and future work, open problems; Conclusion:
summary, evaluation, and vision. Also included is a comprehensive
bibliography listing more than 1300 entries and a detailed index.