Improving requirements tracing via information retrieval

J. H. Hayes; A. Dekhtyar; J. Osborne

doi:10.1109/ICRE.2003.1232745

Improving requirements tracing via information retrieval

J. H. Hayes, A. Dekhtyar, J. Osborne

Computer Science

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Abstract

We present an approach for improving requirements tracing based on framing it as an information retrieval (IR) problem. Specifically, we focus on improving recall and precision in order to reduce the number of missed traceability links as well as to reduce the number of irrelevant potential links that an analyst has to examine when performing requirements tracing. Several IR algorithms were adapted and implemented to address this problem. We evaluated our algorithms by comparing their results and performance to those of a senior analyst who traced manually as well as with an existing requirements tracing tool. Initial results suggest that we can retrieve a significantly higher percentage of the links than analysts, even when using existing tools, and do so in much less time while achieving comparable signal-to-noise levels.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 11th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2003
Pages	138-147
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	0769519806
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRE.2003.1232745
State	Published - 2003
Event	11th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2003 - Monterey Bay, United States Duration: Sep 8 2003 → Sep 12 2003

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering
Volume	2003-January
ISSN (Print)	1090-705X

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Conference	11th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2003
Country/Territory	United States
City	Monterey Bay
Period	9/8/03 → 9/12/03

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© 2003 IEEE.

Keywords

Algorithm design and analysis
Capability maturity model
Computer aided software engineering
Computer science
Horses
Information retrieval
Performance analysis
Signal analysis
Software tools
Sparks

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General Computer Science
General Engineering
Strategy and Management

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Hayes, JH, Dekhtyar, A & Osborne, J 2003, Improving requirements tracing via information retrieval. in Proceedings - 11th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2003., 1232745, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering, vol. 2003-January, pp. 138-147, 11th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2003, Monterey Bay, United States, 9/8/03. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRE.2003.1232745

Improving requirements tracing via information retrieval. / Hayes, J. H.; Dekhtyar, A.; Osborne, J.
Proceedings - 11th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2003. 2003. p. 138-147 1232745 (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering; Vol. 2003-January).

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