Title :
Enhancing requirements engineering by natural language based conceptual predesign
Author :
Fliedl, Günther ; Mayerthaler, Willi ; Winkler, Christian ; Kop, Christian ; Mayr, Heinrich C.
Author_Institution :
Klagenfurt Univ., Austria
Abstract :
Information systems design usually starts with natural language requirements specifications that result from dialogues between future users and system analysts. According to academic standards these specifications then are evaluated for establishing a conceptual model. However, this step of conceptual design suffers from several problems. Our paper outlines the results of overcoming these problems, gained so far within the NIBA project and presents some recent work concerning the analysis of complex sentences such as `if/then-constructions´ and their transformation to dynamic model components
Keywords :
formal specification; information systems; natural languages; systems analysis; NIBA project; conceptual model; conceptual predesign; information systems design; natural language; requirements engineering; requirements specifications; Data mining; Information analysis; Information filtering; Information filters; Information systems; Natural languages; Unified modeling language;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1999. IEEE SMC '99 Conference Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5731-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1999.815650
