Requirements validation through viewpoint resolution

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 s...

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Published inIEEE transactions on software engineering Vol. 17; no. 12; pp. 1253 - 1269
Main Authors Leite, J.C.S.P., Freeman, P.A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.12.1991
IEEE Computer Society
Subjects
Airplanes
Algorithms
Automation
Biomedical engineering
Heuristic
Information analysis
Information systems
Knowledge engineering
Packaging
Patient monitoring
Performance analysis
Requirements
Requirements analysis
Software engineering
Software systems
Systems engineering
Systems engineering and theory
Techniques
Vacuum systems
Validation
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Summary: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.< >
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ISSN:0098-5589
1939-3520
DOI:10.1109/32.106986