Expanding Normalized Systems from textual domain descriptions using TEMOS

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21240%2F22%3A00357970" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21240/22:00357970 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10844-022-00706-8" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s10844-022-00706-8</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10844-022-00706-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10844-022-00706-8</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Expanding Normalized Systems from textual domain descriptions using TEMOS

Original language description

Functional requirements on a software system are traditionally captured as text that describes the expected functionality in the domain of a real-world system. Natural language processing methods allow us to extract the knowledge from such requirements and transform it, e.g., into a model. Moreover, these methods can improve the quality of the requirements, which usually suffer from ambiguity, incompleteness, and inconsistency. This paper presents a novel approach to using natural language processing. We use the method of grammatical inspection to find specific patterns in the description of functional requirement specifications (written in English). Then, we transform the requirements into a model of Normalized Systems elements. This may realize a possible component of the eagerly awaited text-to-software pipeline. The input of this method is represented by textual requirements. Its output is a running prototype of an information system created using Normalized Systems (NS) techniques. Therefore, the system is ready to accept further enhancements, e.g., custom code fragments, in an evolvable manner ensured by compliance with the NS principles. A demonstration of pipeline implementation is also included in this paper. The text processing part of our pipeline extends the existing pipeline implemented in our system TEMOS, where we propose and implement methods of checking the quality of textual requirements concerning ambiguity, incompleteness, and inconsistency.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Intelligent Information Systems

ISSN

0925-9902

e-ISSN

1573-7675

Volume of the periodical

59

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

24

Pages from-to

391-414

UT code for WoS article

000792972900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85129743891