Integrating sustainability in decision-making processes: A modelling strategy

One of the most difficult problems that humanity currently faces is the sustainable development of our society, i.e. how to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Solving this challenge requires a multidisciplinary approach where...

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Published in2009 31st International Conference on Software Engineering - Companion Volume pp. 207 - 210
Main Authors Cabot, J., Easterbrook, S., Horkoff, J., Lessard, L., Liaskos, S., Mazon, J.-N.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.05.2009
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Aggregates
Association rules
Data analysis
Decision making
Humans
Information analysis
Software measurement
Software systems
Software testing
System testing
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Summary:One of the most difficult problems that humanity currently faces is the sustainable development of our society, i.e. how to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Solving this challenge requires a multidisciplinary approach where researchers with different backgrounds combine their efforts. As software engineers, we can contribute to these efforts by offering existing software requirements modeling and analysis techniques as a means to integrate sustainability requirements in decision-making processes. In this paper, we use a popular language for modeling early requirements as a way to visualize the impact of alternative options on sustainability goals and to analyze the conflicts between sustainability and other problem-specific objectives. We apply this idea to the decision-making activities pertaining to the organization of the ICSE'09 conference itself.
ISBN:1424434955
9781424434954
DOI:10.1109/ICSE-COMPANION.2009.5070983