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Rough set theory and approximation spaces introduced by Zdzisław Pawlak provide a framework for modelling social as well as technical conflicts. This is especially relevant in domains such as requirements engineering, an essential phase of software development. The socio − technical conflict model makes it possible to represent social conflicts (as conflict degrees) and technical conflicts (interaction between issues) in a unified framework. Reasoning about conflict dynamics is made possible by approximation spaces and conflict patterns. An illustrative example of such a framework is presented. The contribution of this paper is a formal socio − technical model and two approaches to reasoning: vectors of conflict degrees and approximation spaces.
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Ramanna, S., Skowron, A., Peters, J.F. (2007). Approximation Space-Based Socio-Technical Conflict Model. In: Yao, J., Lingras, P., Wu, WZ., Szczuka, M., Cercone, N.J., Ślȩzak, D. (eds) Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology. RSKT 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4481. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72458-2_59
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