SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING - TOWARDS A COMMON LIFE

Software and knowledge engineering are increasingly converging into a single life-cycle, as the two engineering disciplines are studied in m ore depth, and increasingly larger systems are developed in the two fi elds. In this article, the authors advocate conical-spiral type life c ycle, arranged in two dimensions (the spiral) for the development of s oftware engineering (SE) systems and three dimensions (the conical-spi ral) for the knowledge engineering (KE) life cycle. A conventional exa mple for the overall personnel management of a company is also present ed, showing how the two branches of engineering are essential and comp lementary in solving important problems.