11th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE'03)
Evolutionary Requirements Analysis
Monterey Bay, California, USA
September 08-September 12
ISBN: 0-7695-1980-6
The Evolutionary Requirements Analyser (ERA) applies evolutionary computing techniques to automatically select optimal combinations of human and machine agents in a system model to match non-functional requirements (NFRs). The tool assesses the reliability, performance times and cost of different system models by executing many model variants, as evolving forms, with scenarios and different combinations of environmental variables. Better performing models are selected, to converge on an optimal solution. Use of the tool is illustrated with a case study of requirements analysis for component selection in a command and control system.
Citation:
Alistair Sutcliffe, Wei-Chun Chang, Richard Neville, "Evolutionary Requirements Analysis," re, pp.264, 11th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE'03), 2003