Analysis of Conflicts Among Non-Functional Requirements Using Integrated Analysis of Functional and Non-functional Requirements
Abstract
Conflicts among non-functional requirements are often identified subjectively and there is a lack of conflict analysis in practice. Current approaches fail to capture the nature of conflicts among non-functional requirements, which makes the task of conflict resolution difficult. In this paper, a framework has been provided for the analysis of conflicts among nonfunctional requirements using the integrated analysis of functional and non-functional requirements. The framework identifies and analyzes conflicts based on relationships among quality attributes, functionalities and constraints. Since, poorly structured requirement statements usually result in confusing specifications; we also developed canonical forms for representing nonfunctional requirements. . The output of our framework is a conflict hierarchy that refines conflicts among nonfunctional requirements level by level. Finally, a case study is provided in which the proposed framework was applied to analyze and detect conflicts among the nonfunctional requirements of a search engine.
Recommended Citation
V. Sadana and X. F. Liu, "Analysis of Conflicts Among Non-Functional Requirements Using Integrated Analysis of Functional and Non-functional Requirements," Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Jan 2007.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC.2007.73
Department(s)
Computer Science
Keywords and Phrases
Framework; Search Engine
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2007 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2007
