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Analysis of Conflicting User Requirements in Web Applications Using Graph Transformation

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Rashmi Phalnikar,

Devesh JinwalaAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, Volume 40, Issue 2

Pages 1 - 7

https://doi.org/10.1145/2735399.2735414

Published: 03 April 2015 Publication History

Abstract

User satisfaction is recognized as an important contributor to the success of software applications. It is subjective and influenced by several factors that are linked to the non-functional requirements. Although non-functional requirements provide good criteria for selection of web service in Service-Oriented Architecture, specifying them during the discovery process is a difficult task. Dealing with the non-functional requirements that have an inherent ability to conflict is a complex task and modeling them can facilitate analyzing them. The aim of our research work is to propose a framework to improve design stage during web service selection so as to produce minimal conflicts and dependencies between requirements. We argue that the design structure that best supports and embodies the user constraints is the one that best meets a user's needs. Our framework is proposed after a detailed study of the issues and challenges identified by published literature by researchers working on non-functional requirement To exemplify our work we consider a Remote Patient Monitoring System scenario and propose a complete framework that will take the user requirements as input and analyze how they interact using graph transformation rules. The output matrix of dependencies can help the designer to select the most desirable design solution. We make use of simple natural language processing techniques, graph transformation and the aspect oriented paradigm. By integrating the framework into the design phase, it is possible to limit the impact of changes and also to understand in advance the likely interdependencies. conflicts.

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https://doi.org/10.1109/CloudNet.2016.18

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Analysis of Conflicting User Requirements in Web Applications Using Graph Transformation
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language types

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ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes Volume 40, Issue 2

March 2015

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ISSN:0163-5948

DOI:10.1145/2735399

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Nazaruka EOsis J(2019)The Formal Reference Model for Software RequirementsEvaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering10.1007/978-3-030-22559-9_16(352-372)Online publication date: 29-Jun-2019
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Phalnikar R(2016)Validation of Non-functional Requirements in Cloud Based Systems (Short Paper)2016 5th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking (Cloudnet)10.1109/CloudNet.2016.18(142-145)Online publication date: Oct-2016
https://doi.org/10.1109/CloudNet.2016.18

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