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Competency Questions (CQs) are a cornerstone of requirement elicitation in ontology engineering. CQs represent requirements as a set of natural language questions that an ontology should satisfy; they are traditionally modelled by ontology…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-20 Reham Alharbi , Valentina Tamma , Terry R. Payne , Jacopo de Berardinis

The controllability of Large Language Models (LLMs) when used as conversational agents is a key challenge, particularly to ensure predictable and user-personalized responses. This work proposes an ontology-based approach to formally define…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-09-08 Barbara Gendron , Gaël Guibon , Mathieu D'aquin

Competency Questions (CQs) are pivotal in knowledge engineering, guiding the design, validation, and testing of ontologies. A number of diverse formulation approaches have been proposed in the literature, ranging from completely manual to…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Reham Alharbi , Valentina Tamma , Terry R. Payne , Jacopo de Berardinis

Large Language Models (LLMs) are transforming artificial intelligence, evolving into task-oriented systems capable of autonomous planning and execution. One of the primary applications of LLMs is conversational AI systems, which must…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Elad Levi , Ilan Kadar

We introduce ontology-to-tools compilation as a proof-of-principle mechanism for coupling large language models (LLMs) with formal domain knowledge. Within The World Avatar (TWA), ontological specifications are compiled into executable tool…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-04 Xiaochi Zhou , Patrick Bulter , Changxuan Yang , Simon D. Rihm , Thitikarn Angkanaporn , Jethro Akroyd , Sebastian Mosbach , Markus Kraft

Requirements are elicited from the customer and other stakeholders through an iterative process of interviews, prototyping, and other interactive sessions. Then, requirements can be further extended, based on the analysis of the features of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-08-02 Alessio Ferrari , Paola Spoletini , Sourav Debnath

Stakeholders' conversations in requirements elicitation meetings hold valuable insights into system and client needs. However, manually extracting requirements is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and prone to errors and biases. While…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Gianmario Voria , Francesco Casillo , Carmine Gravino , Gemma Catolino , Fabio Palomba

Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in tool learning. In real-world scenarios, user queries are often ambiguous and incomplete, requiring effective clarification. However, existing interactive…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-06-12 Xuan Zhang , Yongliang Shen , Zhe Zheng , Linjuan Wu , Wenqi Zhang , Yuchen Yan , Qiuying Peng , Jun Wang , Weiming Lu

Incorporating ethics into the requirement elicitation process is essential for creating ethically aligned systems. Although eliciting manual ethics requirements is effective, it requires diverse input from multiple stakeholders, which can…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-27 Asma Yamani , Malak Baslyman , Moataz Ahmed

Conversational agents based on Large Language Models (LLMs) have recently emerged as powerful tools for human-computer interaction. Nevertheless, their black-box nature implies challenges in predictability and a lack of personalization,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Barbara Gendron , Gaël Guibon , Mathieu d'Aquin

We introduce Audio-Agent, a multimodal framework for audio generation, editing and composition based on text or video inputs. Conventional approaches for text-to-audio (TTA) tasks often make single-pass inferences from text descriptions.…

Sound · Computer Science 2025-01-15 Zixuan Wang , Chi-Keung Tang , Yu-Wing Tai

As software systems grow increasingly complex, explainability has become a crucial non-functional requirement for transparency, user trust, and regulatory compliance. Eliciting explainability requirements is challenging, as different…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-09-05 Martin Obaidi , Jakob Droste , Hannah Deters , Marc Herrmann , Raymond Ochsner , Jil Klünder , Kurt Schneider

The following contribution introduces a concept that employs Large Language Models (LLMs) and a chatbot interface to enhance SPARQL query generation for ontologies, thereby facilitating intuitive access to formalized knowledge. Utilizing…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2024-10-18 Jonathan Reif , Tom Jeleniewski , Milapji Singh Gill , Felix Gehlhoff , Alexander Fay

Organizations use asynchronous AI interview systems to efficiently manage large applicant pools, enabling quick and uniform evaluations. However, concerns remain about their impact on user agency and the lack of personalization applicants…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Md Nazmus Sakib , Naga Manogna Rayasam , Sanorita Dey

Despite its scientific, political, and practical value, comprehensive information about human languages, in all their variety and complexity, is not readily obtainable and searchable. One reason is that many language data are collected as…

Elicitation interviews are the most common requirements elicitation technique, and proficiency in conducting these interviews is crucial for requirements elicitation. Traditional training methods, typically limited to textbook learning, may…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-06-18 Binnur Görer , Fatma Başak Aydemir

Recent large language models (LLMs) have enabled the development of advanced agentic systems that can integrate various tools and APIs to fulfill user queries through function calling. However, the deployment of these LLMs on the edge has…

Stakeholders often struggle to accurately express their requirements due to articulation barriers arising from limited domain knowledge or from cognitive constraints. This can cause misalignment between expressed and intended requirements,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-01-26 Michael Mircea , Emre Gevrek , Elisa Schmid , Kurt Schneider

Large language models (LLMs) and their associated agent-based frameworks have significantly advanced automated information extraction, a critical component of modern recommender systems. While these multitask frameworks are widely used in…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2025-07-28 Blaž Škrlj , Benoît Guilleminot , Andraž Tori

This paper surveys the development of large language model (LLM)-based agents for question answering (QA). Traditional agents face significant limitations, including substantial data requirements and difficulty in generalizing to new…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-03-26 Murong Yue