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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Bridging the gap between informal, imprecise, and vague user requirements
    descriptions and precise formalized specifications is the main task of requirements
    engineering. Techniques such as interviews or story telling are used when requirements
    engineers try to identify a user's needs. The requirements specification process
    is typically done in a dialogue between users, domain experts, and requirements
    engineers. In our research, we aim at automating the specification of requirements.
    The idea is to distinguish between untrained users and trained users, and to exploit
    domain knowledge learned from previous runs of our system. We let untrained users
    provide unstructured natural language descriptions, while we allow trained users
    to provide examples of behavioral descriptions. In both cases, our goal is to
    synthesize formal requirements models similar to statecharts. From requirements
    specification processes with trained users, behavioral ontologies are learned
    which are later used to support the requirements specification process for untrained
    users. Our research method is original in combining natural language processing
    and search-based techniques for the synthesis of requirements specifications.
    Our work is embedded in a larger project that aims at automating the whole software
    development and deployment process in envisioned future software service markets.
author:
- first_name: Lorijn
  full_name: van Rooijen, Lorijn
  id: '58843'
  last_name: van Rooijen
- first_name: Frederik Simon
  full_name: Bäumer, Frederik Simon
  id: '38837'
  last_name: Bäumer
- first_name: Marie Christin
  full_name: Platenius, Marie Christin
  last_name: Platenius
- first_name: Michaela
  full_name: Geierhos, Michaela
  id: '42496'
  last_name: Geierhos
  orcid: 0000-0002-8180-5606
- first_name: Heiko
  full_name: Hamann, Heiko
  last_name: Hamann
- first_name: Gregor
  full_name: Engels, Gregor
  id: '107'
  last_name: Engels
citation:
  ama: 'van Rooijen L, Bäumer FS, Platenius MC, Geierhos M, Hamann H, Engels G. From
    User Demand to Software Service: Using Machine Learning to Automate the Requirements
    Specification Process. In: <i>2017 IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering
    Conference Workshops (REW)</i>. Piscataway, NJ, USA: IEEE; 2017:379-385. doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1109/REW.2017.26">10.1109/REW.2017.26</a>'
  apa: 'van Rooijen, L., Bäumer, F. S., Platenius, M. C., Geierhos, M., Hamann, H.,
    &#38; Engels, G. (2017). From User Demand to Software Service: Using Machine Learning
    to Automate the Requirements Specification Process. In <i>2017 IEEE 25th International
    Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW)</i> (pp. 379–385). Piscataway,
    NJ, USA: IEEE. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/REW.2017.26">https://doi.org/10.1109/REW.2017.26</a>'
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{van Rooijen_Bäumer_Platenius_Geierhos_Hamann_Engels_2017,
    place={Piscataway, NJ, USA}, title={From User Demand to Software Service: Using
    Machine Learning to Automate the Requirements Specification Process}, DOI={<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1109/REW.2017.26">10.1109/REW.2017.26</a>}, booktitle={2017
    IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW)},
    publisher={IEEE}, author={van Rooijen, Lorijn and Bäumer, Frederik Simon and Platenius,
    Marie Christin and Geierhos, Michaela and Hamann, Heiko and Engels, Gregor}, year={2017},
    pages={379–385} }'
  chicago: 'Rooijen, Lorijn van, Frederik Simon Bäumer, Marie Christin Platenius,
    Michaela Geierhos, Heiko Hamann, and Gregor Engels. “From User Demand to Software
    Service: Using Machine Learning to Automate the Requirements Specification Process.”
    In <i>2017 IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops
    (REW)</i>, 379–85. Piscataway, NJ, USA: IEEE, 2017. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/REW.2017.26">https://doi.org/10.1109/REW.2017.26</a>.'
  ieee: 'L. van Rooijen, F. S. Bäumer, M. C. Platenius, M. Geierhos, H. Hamann, and
    G. Engels, “From User Demand to Software Service: Using Machine Learning to Automate
    the Requirements Specification Process,” in <i>2017 IEEE 25th International Requirements
    Engineering Conference Workshops (REW)</i>, Lisbon, Portugal, 2017, pp. 379–385.'
  mla: 'van Rooijen, Lorijn, et al. “From User Demand to Software Service: Using Machine
    Learning to Automate the Requirements Specification Process.” <i>2017 IEEE 25th
    International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW)</i>, IEEE, 2017,
    pp. 379–85, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/REW.2017.26">10.1109/REW.2017.26</a>.'
  short: 'L. van Rooijen, F.S. Bäumer, M.C. Platenius, M. Geierhos, H. Hamann, G.
    Engels, in: 2017 IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops
    (REW), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 2017, pp. 379–385.'
conference:
  end_date: 2017-09-08
  location: Lisbon, Portugal
  name: 2017 IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops
    (REW)
  start_date: 2017-09-04
date_created: 2017-10-17T12:41:10Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T07:04:18Z
ddc:
- '000'
department:
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- _id: '7'
- _id: '66'
- _id: '238'
- _id: '63'
doi: 10.1109/REW.2017.26
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keyword:
- Software
- Unified modeling language
- Requirements engineering
- Ontologies
- Search problems
- Natural languages
language:
- iso: eng
page: 379-385
place: Piscataway, NJ, USA
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author:
- first_name: Jens
  full_name: Pottebaum, Jens
  id: '405'
  last_name: Pottebaum
  orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8778-2989
- first_name: Anna Maria
  full_name: Japs, Anna Maria
  last_name: Japs
- first_name: Stephan
  full_name: Prödel, Stephan
  last_name: Prödel
- first_name: Rainer
  full_name: Koch, Rainer
  last_name: Koch
citation:
  ama: 'Pottebaum J, Japs AM, Prödel S, Koch R. Design and modeling of a domain ontology
    for fire protection. In: French S, Tomaszewski B, Zobel C, eds. <i>ISCRAM 2010
    -- 7th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and
    Management</i>. ; 2010.'
  apa: Pottebaum, J., Japs, A. M., Prödel, S., &#38; Koch, R. (2010). Design and modeling
    of a domain ontology for fire protection. In S. French, B. Tomaszewski, &#38;
    C. Zobel (Eds.), <i>ISCRAM 2010 -- 7th International Conference on Information
    Systems for Crisis Response and Management</i>.
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Pottebaum_Japs_Prödel_Koch_2010, place={Seattle, WA}, title={Design
    and modeling of a domain ontology for fire protection}, booktitle={ISCRAM 2010
    -- 7th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and
    Management}, author={Pottebaum, Jens and Japs, Anna Maria and Prödel, Stephan
    and Koch, Rainer}, editor={French, Simon and Tomaszewski, Brian and Zobel, Chris},
    year={2010} }'
  chicago: Pottebaum, Jens, Anna Maria Japs, Stephan Prödel, and Rainer Koch. “Design
    and Modeling of a Domain Ontology for Fire Protection.” In <i>ISCRAM 2010 -- 7th
    International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management</i>,
    edited by Simon French, Brian Tomaszewski, and Chris Zobel. Seattle, WA, 2010.
  ieee: J. Pottebaum, A. M. Japs, S. Prödel, and R. Koch, “Design and modeling of
    a domain ontology for fire protection,” in <i>ISCRAM 2010 -- 7th International
    Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management</i>, 2010.
  mla: Pottebaum, Jens, et al. “Design and Modeling of a Domain Ontology for Fire
    Protection.” <i>ISCRAM 2010 -- 7th International Conference on Information Systems
    for Crisis Response and Management</i>, edited by Simon French et al., 2010.
  short: 'J. Pottebaum, A.M. Japs, S. Prödel, R. Koch, in: S. French, B. Tomaszewski,
    C. Zobel (Eds.), ISCRAM 2010 -- 7th International Conference on Information Systems
    for Crisis Response and Management, Seattle, WA, 2010.'
date_created: 2021-09-09T12:27:14Z
date_updated: 2026-03-31T03:52:00Z
editor:
- first_name: Simon
  full_name: French, Simon
  last_name: French
- first_name: Brian
  full_name: Tomaszewski, Brian
  last_name: Tomaszewski
- first_name: Chris
  full_name: Zobel, Chris
  last_name: Zobel
keyword:
- Command and control process
- Command and control systems
- Design and modeling
- Domain ontologies
- Emergency response
- Fire extinguishers
- Fire protection
- Heterogeneous domains
- Information analysis
- Information sharing
- Information systems
- Interoperability
- Ontology language
- Semantic technologies
- Semantic Web
- Semantics
language:
- iso: eng
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type: conference
user_id: '405'
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