Includes bibliographical references and index.

Toward program engineering -- Basic concepts of structure design -- The structure of computer programs -- Structure and procedures -- Human information processing and program simplicity -- Coupling -- Cohesion -- The morphology of simple systems -- Design heuristics -- Transform analysis -- Transaction analysis -- Alternative design strategies -- Communication in modular systems -- Packaging -- Optimization of modular systems -- A typology of systems components -- Recursive structures -- Homologous and incremental structure -- Structure and program quality -- Implementation of modular systems -- The management milieu. Presents system and program design as a disciplined science.