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Use case scenarios are created during the analysis phase to specify software system requirements and can also be used for creating system level test cases. Using use cases to get system tests has several benefits including test design at…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2012-12-14 Muhammad Touseef , Zahid Hussain Qaisar

Automatic code generation has recently attracted large attention and is becoming more significant to the software development process. Solutions based on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are being used to increase human and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-05-22 Leon Chemnitz , David Reichenbach , Hani Aldebes , Mariam Naveed , Krishna Narasimhan , Mira Mezini

Even if model-driven techniques have been enabled the centrality of the models in automated development processes, the majority of the industrial settings does not embrace such a paradigm due to the procedural complexity of managing model…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-10-10 Maria Stella de Biase , Stefano Marrone , Angelo Palladino

With the advent of generative LLMs and their advanced code generation capabilities, some people already envision the end of traditional software engineering, as LLMs may be able to produce high-quality code based solely on the requirements…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-07-11 Jonathan Ullrich , Matthias Koch , Andreas Vogelsang

This paper presents the ReXCL tool, which automates the extraction and classification processes in requirement engineering, enhancing the software development lifecycle. The tool features two main modules: Extraction, which processes raw…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-04-11 Paheli Bhattacharya , Manojit Chakraborty , Santhosh Kumar Arumugam , Rishabh Gupta

Use case driven development methodologies put use cases at the center of the software development process. However, in order to support automated development and analysis, use cases need to be appropriately formalized. This will also help…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2016-03-30 Rui Couto , António Nestor Ribeiro , José Creissac Campos

Context: It is an enigma that agile projects can succeed 'without requirements' when weak requirements engineering is a known cause for project failures. While agile development projects often manage well without extensive requirements test…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-08-24 Elizabeth Bjarnason , Michael Unterkalmsteiner , Markus Borg , Emelie Engström

Coding agents can generate web applications from natural-language descriptions, yet a recent benchmark study shows that generated applications fail to meet functional requirements in over 70% of cases. The core difficulty is that web…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Yuxuan Wan , Tingshuo Liang , Jiakai Xu , Jingyu Xiao , Yintong Huo , Michael R Lyu

Like software, requirements evolve and change frequently during the development process. Refactoring is the process of reorganising software without changing its behaviour, to make it easier to understand and modify. We propose refactoring…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-01-13 Marie Farrell , Matt Luckcuck , Oisin Sheridan , Rosemary Monahan

This paper presents an approach for the implementation and execution of an effective requirements generation process. We achieve this goal by providing a well-defined requirements engineering model that includes verification and validation…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Lester Lobo , James D. Arthur

The success of a number of projects has been shown to be significantly improved by the use of a formalism. However, there remains an open issue: to what extent can a development process based on a singular formal notation and method…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2013-11-26 Rainer Gmehlich , Katrin Grau , Alexei Iliasov , Michael Jackson , Felix Loesch , Manuel Mazzara

Testing has become an indispensable activity of software development, yet writing good and relevant tests remains a quite challenging task. One well-known problem is that it often is impossible or unrealistic to test for every outcome, as…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2017-08-18 Dimitri Racordon , Didier Buchs

Integrating autonomous and adaptive behavior into software-intensive systems presents significant challenges for software development, as uncertainties in the environment or decision-making processes must be explicitly captured. These…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Anastasia Mavridou , Marie Farrell , Gricel Vázquez , Tom Pressburger , Timothy E. Wang , Radu Calinescu , Michael Fisher

Currently, generating high-level test cases described in natural language from requirement documents is performed manually. In the industry, including companies specializing in software testing, there is a significant demand for the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Satoshi Masuda , Satoshi Kouzawa , Kyousuke Sezai , Hidetoshi Suhara , Yasuaki Hiruta , Kunihiro Kudou

Requirement prioritization is recognized as an important decision-making activity in requirements engineering and software development. Requirement prioritization is applied to determine which requirements should be implemented and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-12-21 Richard Berntsson Svensson , Richard Torkar

Software testing is the important phase of software development process. But, this phase can be easily missed by software developers because of their limited time to complete the project. Since, software developers finish their software…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2010-02-11 Mrs. R. Jeevarathinam , Dr. Antony Selvadoss Thanamani

This paper presents a framework that guides the requirements engineer in the implementation and execution of an effective requirements generation process. We achieve this goal by providing a well-defined requirements engineering model and a…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Lester Lobo , James D. Arthur

As an important way of assuring software quality, software testing generates and executes test cases to identify software failures. Many strategies have been proposed to guide test-case generation, such as source-code-based approaches and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-05-08 Zhenzhen Yang , Rubing Huang , Chenhui Cui , Nan Niu , Dave Towey

Robotics and Autonomous Systems are increasingly deployed in safety-critical domains, so that demonstrating their safety is essential. Assurance Cases (ACs) provide structured arguments supported by evidence, but generating and maintaining…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-04 Fang Yan , Simon Foster , Ana Cavalcanti , Ibrahim Habli , James Baxter

We introduce a novel approach for inferring natural preconditions from code. Our technique produces preconditions of high quality in terms of both correctness (modulo a test generator) and naturalness. Prior works generate preconditions…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Elizabeth Dinella , Shuvendu Lahiri , Mayur Naik