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A Proposal of Requirements Specification Process for Adaptive Systems Based on Fuzzy Logic and NFR-Framework

Authors:
João Dionísio Paraíba
Luiz Eduardo Galvão Martins

Keywords: Adaptive Systems, Adaptive Requirements, Requirements Specification, Fuzzy Logic, NFR-Framework

Abstract:
Fuzzy Logic is a concept that deals with ambiguities, uncertainties and vague information on the solution of problems. NFR-Framework deals with the non-functional requirements which also are, very often, vaguely and full of uncertainties. In this paper, we use these concepts to propose a process for requirements specification of adaptive systems, called PERSA - Portuguese acronym to “Processo de Especificação de Requisitos para Sistemas Adaptativos”. Adaptive systems consist of functional and non-functional requirements, which hold the capacity to modify themselves during the runtime with little or no human intervention at all. However, despite being a very discussed topic in Requirements Engineering (RE) community, it still lacks tools and techniques to standardize its modeling. The proposed process is instantiated in a case study which is discussed along this paper.

Pages: 100 to 105

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: October 27, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4235

ISBN: 978-1-61208-304-9

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from October 27, 2013 to October 31, 2013