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Published in: Software Quality Journal 2/2018

08-04-2017

Stability prediction of the software requirements specification

Authors: José del Sagrado, Isabel M. del Águila

Published in: Software Quality Journal | Issue 2/2018

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Abstract

Complex decision-making is a prominent aspect of Requirements Engineering. This work presents the Bayesian network Requisites that predicts whether the requirements specification documents have to be revised. We test Requisites’ suitability by means of metrics obtained from a large complex software project. Furthermore, this Bayesian network has been integrated into a software tool by defining a communication interface inside a multilayered architecture. In this way, we add a new decision-making functionality that provides requirements engineers with a feature to explore software requirement specification by combining requirement metrics and the probability values estimated by the Bayesian network.
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Metadata
Title
Stability prediction of the software requirements specification
Authors
José del Sagrado
Isabel M. del Águila
Publication date
08-04-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Software Quality Journal / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 0963-9314
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1367
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11219-017-9362-x

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