Requirements engineering by example: an empirical study

Author

Maiden, N.A.M. ; Sutcliffe, A.G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Bus. Comput., City Univ., London, UK

fYear

1993

fDate

4-6 Jan 1993

Firstpage

104

Lastpage

111

Abstract

Domain abstraction reuse during requirements engineering is evaluated as a paradigm during use of a research tool. Iterative fact acquisition and abstraction retrieval, supported by example-based explanation of abstractions, are implemented in a prototype known as AIR (adviser for intelligent reuse). Observation of the use of AIRs by inexperienced software engineers reveal the effectiveness of this paradigm despite several problems. These problems are examined so as to identify improvements for future versions of intelligent requirements engineering environments

Keywords

explanation; knowledge based systems; software reusability; systems analysis; AIR; abstraction retrieval; adviser for intelligent reuse; domain abstraction reuse; example-based explanation; inexperienced software engineers; intelligent requirements engineering environments; iterative fact acquisition; requirements engineering; research tool; Concrete; Design engineering; Libraries; Predictive models; Prototypes; Software engineering; Software prototyping; Software testing; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Requirements Engineering, 1993., Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3120-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISRE.1993.324828

Filename

324828