Requirements validation through viewpoint resolution

Author

Leite, Julio Cesar Sampaio do Prado ; Freeman, Peter A.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Inf., Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Volume

17

Issue

12

fYear

1991

fDate

12/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1253

Lastpage

1269

Abstract

A specific technique-viewpoint resolution-is proposed as a means of providing early validation of the requirements for a complex system, and some initial empirical evidence of the effectiveness of a semi-automated implementation of the technique is provided. The technique is based on the fact that software requirements can and should be elicited from different viewpoints, and that examination of the differences resulting from them can be used as a way of assisting in the early validation of requirements. A language for expressing views from different viewpoints and a set of analogy heuristics for performing a syntactically oriented analysis of views are proposed. This analysis of views is capable of differentiating between missing information and conflicting information, thus providing support for viewpoint resolution

Keywords

software engineering; systems analysis; analogy heuristics; software requirements; syntactically oriented analysis of views; viewpoint resolution; Airplanes; Biomedical engineering; Information analysis; Knowledge engineering; Packaging; Patient monitoring; Performance analysis; Software systems; Systems engineering and theory; Vacuum systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-5589

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/32.106986

Filename

106986