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Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality

27th International Working Conference, REFSQ 2021, Essen, Germany, April 12–15, 2021, Proceedings

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 12685)

Part of the book sub series: Programming and Software Engineering (LNPSE)

Conference series link(s): REFSQ: International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality

Conference proceedings info: REFSQ 2021.

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Table of contents (15 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Is Requirements Similarity a Good Proxy for Software Similarity? An Empirical Investigation in Industry

      • Muhammad Abbas, Alessio Ferrari, Anas Shatnawi, Eduard Paul Enoiu, Mehrdad Saadatmand
      Pages 3-18
    3. Automatic Detection of Causality in Requirement Artifacts: The CiRA Approach

      • Jannik Fischbach, Julian Frattini, Arjen Spaans, Maximilian Kummeth, Andreas Vogelsang, Daniel Mendez et al.
      Pages 19-36
    4. CORG: A Component-Oriented Synthetic Textual Requirements Generator

      • Aya Zaki-Ismail, Mohamed Osama, Mohamed Abdelrazek, John Grundy, Amani Ibrahim
      Pages 54-70
  3. RE for AI-Enabled Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
    2. Trustworthy AI Services in the Public Sector: What Are Citizens Saying About It?

      • Karolina Drobotowicz, Marjo Kauppinen, Sari Kujala
      Pages 99-115
    3. Risk-Driven Compliance Assurance for Collaborative AI Systems: A Vision Paper

      • Matteo Camilli, Michael Felderer, Andrea Giusti, Dominik Tobias Matt, Anna Perini, Barbara Russo et al.
      Pages 123-130
  4. From Software to Systems and Services

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
    2. Power and Privacy in Software Ecosystems: A Study on Data Breach Impact on Tech Giants

      • Maria Eduarda Rebelo, George Valença, Fernando Lins
      Pages 149-164
    3. Iterative and Scenario-Based Requirements Specification in a System of Systems Context

      • Carsten Wiecher, Joel Greenyer, Carsten Wolff, Harald Anacker, Roman Dumitrescu
      Pages 165-181
    4. Specifying Requirements for Data Collection and Analysis in Data-Driven RE. A Research Preview

      • Maurizio Astegher, Paolo Busetta, Anna Perini, Angelo Susi
      Pages 182-188
  5. Analysts' Competence and Training

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
    2. On Understanding the Relation of Knowledge and Confidence to Requirements Quality

      • Razieh Dehghani, Krzysztof Wnuk, Daniel Mendez, Tony Gorschek, Raman Ramsin
      Pages 208-224

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About this book

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 27th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering - Foundation for Software Quality, REFSQ 2021, which was due to be held in Essen, Germany, in April 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually in April 2021.

The special focus of this year`s REFSQ 2021 conference are contributions emphasizing the importance of human values, such as privacy and fairness, when designing software-intensive systems as well as the challenges that intelligent and autonomous systems pose due to the tight interplay with humans.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Fabiano Dalpiaz

  • Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, USA

    Paola Spoletini

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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