Genetic Algorithms: A Practical Approach to Generate Textual Patterns for Requirements Authoring

Autor: Jesús Poza, Valentín Moreno, Anabel Fraga, José María Álvarez-Rodríguez
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Applied Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 23, p 11378 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-3417
DOI: 10.3390/app112311378
Popis: The writing of accurate requirements is a critical factor in assuring the success of a project. Text patterns are knowledge artifacts that are used as templates to guide engineers in the requirements authoring process. However, generating a text pattern set for a particular domain is a time-consuming and costly activity that must be carried out by specialists. This research proposes a method of automatically generating text patterns from an initial corpus of high-quality requirements, using genetic algorithms and a separate-and-conquer strategy to create a complete set of patterns. Our results show this method can generate a valid pattern set suitable for requirements authoring, outperforming existing methods by 233%, with requirements ratio values of 2.87 matched per pattern found; as opposed to 1.23 using alternative methods.
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