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Top-Down Model

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(programming)Top-Down Model - A method for estimating the overall cost and effort of the proposed software project from global properties of the project. The total cost and schedule is partitioned into components for planning purposes.


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In rejecting a dirigiste (a term never explicitly defined despite an entire chapter on the subject), or top-down model that views the central government as either a benevolent or malevolent leviathan, the book opts for a horizontal, as well as vertical, explanation.
A concerted effort is under way among the Valley candidates to do away with the top-down model of city government.
Thus, Frevert's interpretation of how health and disease became matters of political interest was unabashedly based on a top-down model of social control.
 
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