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Ontology Based Requirement Interdependency Representation and Visualization

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Requirement interdependency is being extensively studied with greater interest in software engineering research. However, existing tools and techniques have not properly characterized and visualized the requirement interdependency relationships between requirements. This research introduces ontology based representation of requirement interdependencies among requirements, and formal graphical notation for proper visualization of requirement interdependencies. There is evidence to point out that Ontology based approach is better technique for managing the requirement interdependency i.e., diagrammatic representation of requirement interdependency will improve the quality of software and will reduce the failure rates.

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  1. Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology, Indus University, Karachi, Pakistan

    Safeeullah Soomro & Syed Hyder Abbas Musavi

  2. Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan

    Abdul Hafeez

  3. College of Computer Science and Information Systems, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia

    Asadullah Shaikh

  4. Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Institute of Business and Technology (IBT), Korangi Creek, Karachi, 75190, Pakistan

    Asadullah Shaikh

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  1. University of Umm Al-Qura, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan

    Faisal Karim Shaikh

  2. Faculty of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan

    Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry

  3. College of Communication and Information, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

    Sherali Zeadally

  4. Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark

    Dil Muhammad Akbar Hussain

  5. Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan

    Aftab Ahmed Memon

  6. Department of Electrical Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan

    Muhammad Aslam Uqaili

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Soomro, S., Hafeez, A., Shaikh, A., Musavi, S.H.A. (2014). Ontology Based Requirement Interdependency Representation and Visualization. In: Shaikh, F., Chowdhry, B., Zeadally, S., Hussain, D., Memon, A., Uqaili, M. (eds) Communication Technologies, Information Security and Sustainable Development. IMTIC 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 414. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10987-9_24

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