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User stories are essential in agile development, yet often missing or outdated in legacy and poorly documented systems. We investigate whether large language models (LLMs) can automatically recover user stories directly from source code and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-09-25 Mohamed Ouf , Haoyu Li , Michael Zhang , Mariam Guizani

Complementing natural language (NL) requirements with graphical models can improve stakeholders' communication and provide directions for system design. However, creating models from requirements involves manual effort. The advent of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Alessio Ferrari , Sallam Abualhaija , Chetan Arora

Software testing is a core discipline in software engineering where a large array of research results has been produced, notably in the area of automatic test generation. Because existing approaches produce test cases that either can be…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-10-11 Laura Plein , Wendkûuni C. Ouédraogo , Jacques Klein , Tegawendé F. Bissyandé

The rapid development of large language models is transforming software development. Beyond serving as code auto-completion tools in integrated development environments, large language models increasingly function as foundation models…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-01-26 Junjie Shi , Weisong Sun , Zhenpeng Chen , Zhujun Wu , Xiaohong Chen , Zhi Jin , Yang Liu

The rapid advancement of large language models (LLMs) has redefined artificial intelligence (AI), pushing the boundaries of AI research and enabling unbounded possibilities for both academia and the industry. However, LLM development faces…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Hongzhou Rao , Yanjie Zhao , Xinyi Hou , Shenao Wang , Haoyu Wang

Requirements engineering (RE), as a part of the project development life cycle, has increasingly been recognized as the key to ensuring on-time, on-budget, and goal-based delivery of software projects;compromising this vital phase is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-06-22 Sandhya Rani Kourla , Eesha Putti , Mina Maleki

Generative artificial intelligence (GAI), specifically large language models (LLMs), are increasingly used in software engineering, mainly for coding tasks. However, requirements engineering - particularly requirements validation - has seen…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Adam Trendowicz , Daniel Seifert , Andreas Jedlitschka , Marcus Ciolkowski , Anton Strahilov

Large Language Models (LLMs) are finding applications in numerous domains, and Requirements Engineering (RE) is increasingly benefiting from their capabilities to assist with complex, language-intensive tasks. This paper presents a…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Mohammad Amin Zadenoori , Jacek Dąbrowski , Waad Alhoshan , Liping Zhao , Alessio Ferrari

Requirements Elicitation (RE) is a crucial activity especially in the early stages of software development. GUI prototyping has widely been adopted as one of the most effective RE techniques for user-facing software systems. However, GUI…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-26 Kristian Kolthoff , Christian Bartelt , Simone Paolo Ponzetto , Kurt Schneider

[Context and Motivation] Online user feedback provides valuable information to support requirements engineering (RE). However, analyzing online user feedback is challenging due to its large volume and noise. Large language models (LLMs)…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Manjeshwar Aniruddh Mallya , Alessio Ferrari , Mohammad Amin Zadenoori , Jacek Dąbrowski

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

Automating software development processes through the orchestration of GitHub Action workflows has revolutionized the efficiency and agility of software delivery pipelines. This paper presents a detailed investigation into the use of Large…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-12-21 Deep Mehta , Kartik Rawool , Subodh Gujar , Bowen Xu

This thesis introduces a novel methodology for the automated generation of knowledge graphs from user stories by leveraging the advanced capabilities of Large Language Models. Utilizing the LangChain framework as a basis, the User Story…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-06-16 Thayná Camargo da Silva

The process of requirements analysis requires an understanding of the end users of a system. Thus, expert stakeholders, such as User Experience (UX) designers, usually create various descriptions containing information about the users and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Patrick Stadler , Christopher Lazik , Christopher Katins , Thomas Kosch

AI systems are gaining widespread adoption across various sectors and domains. Creating high-quality AI system requirements is crucial for aligning the AI system with business goals and consumer values and for social responsibility.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-07-17 Asma Yamani , Malak Baslyman , Moataz Ahmed

The majority of research around Large Language Models (LLM) application to software development has been on the subject of code generation. There is little literature on LLMs' impact on requirements engineering (RE), which deals with the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-02-05 Cory Hymel , Hiroe Johnson

The pervasive use of textual formats in the documentation of software requirements presents a great opportunity for applying large language models (LLMs) to software engineering tasks. High-quality software requirements not only enhance the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-06-18 Bingyang Wei

Generative artificial intelligence attracts significant attention, especially with the introduction of large language models. Its capabilities are being exploited to solve various software engineering tasks. Thanks to their ability to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-06 Lukas Radosky , Ivan Polasek

Due to the textual and repetitive nature of many Requirements Engineering (RE) artefacts, Large Language Models (LLMs) have proven useful to automate their generation and processing. In this paper, we discuss a possible approach for…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-27 Anna Arnaudo , Riccardo Coppola , Maurizio Morisio , Flavio Giobergia , Andrea Bioddo , Angelo Bongiorno , Luca Dadone

Large Language Models (LLMs) are the cornerstone in automating Requirements Engineering (RE) tasks, underpinning recent advancements in the field. Their pre-trained comprehension of natural language is pivotal for effectively tailoring them…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-05-16 Andreas Vogelsang , Jannik Fischbach