TRAM: A tool for transforming textual requirements into analysis models

Author

Letsholo, Keletso J. ; Liping Zhao ; Chioasca, Erol-Valeriu

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Manchester, Manchester, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

11-15 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

738

Lastpage

741

Abstract

Tool support for automatically constructing analysis models from the natural language specification of requirements (NLR) is critical to model driven development (MDD), as it can bring forward the use of precise formal languages from the coding to the specification phase in the MDD lifecycle. TRAM provides such a support through a novel approach. By using a set of conceptual patterns to facilitate the transformation of an NLR to its target software model, TRAM has shown its potential as an automated tool to support the earliest phase of MDD. This paper describes TRAM and evaluates the tool against three benchmark approaches.

Keywords

formal languages; formal specification; natural language processing; program diagnostics; software tools; TRAM; analysis models; formal languages; model driven development; natural language specification of requirements; software model; textual requirement transformation; tool support; Analytical models; Natural languages; Object oriented modeling; Semantics; Software; Unified modeling language; Model transformation; analysis models; conceptual patterns; natural language processing; semantic object models;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Automated Software Engineering (ASE), 2013 IEEE/ACM 28th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Silicon Valley, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASE.2013.6693146

Filename

6693146