Requirements elicitation research is reviewed using a framework categorising the
relativeknowness' of requirements specification and Common Ground discourse theory. The …

In this article, we introduce the application of rigorous analysis procedures to goal models to
provide several benefits beyond the initial act of modeling. Such analysis can allow …

Most people we know don't read a book's Preface. So, we'll keep it brief. Why read this
book? Why did we write it? The answer to both these questions is straightforward. We, the …

Business intelligence (BI) offers tremendous potential for business organizations to gain
insights into their day-to-day operations, as well as longer term opportunities and threats …

In goal-oriented requirements engineering, goal models have been advocated to express
stakeholder objectives and to capture and choose among system requirement candidates. A …

Goal-oriented requirements engineering (GORE) has been introduced as a means of
modeling and understanding the motivations for system requirements. Using models to …

Task scheduling problems are of paramount importance which relate to the efficiency of the
whole cloud computing facilities. In Hadoop, the open-source implementation of …

The complexity and scope of software systems continues to grow. One approach to dealing
with this growing complexity is the use of intelligent, multi-agent systems. However, due in …

Abstract The adoption of Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) is regarded as an approach to
reduce the accidental complexity of software systems development. The availability of …

Abstract Unstructured (or, semi-structured) natural language is mostly used to capture the
requirement specifications both for legacy software systems and for modern day software …