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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sommerville, Ian
Software engineering / Ian Sommerville. — 9th ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-703515-1
ISBN-10: 0-13-703515-2
1. Software engineering. I. Title.
QA76.758.S657 2011
005.1—dc22
2009053058

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1–EB–14 13 12 11 10

ISBN 10: 0-13-703515-2
ISBN 13: 978-0-13-703515-1