• DocumentCode
    1835343
  • Title

    Measuring complexity and completeness of KAOS goal models

  • Author

    Espada, Patricia ; Goulão, Miguel ; Araujo, Joao

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. de Inf., Univ. Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    30-30 Aug. 2011
  • Firstpage
    29
  • Lastpage
    32
  • Abstract
    KAOS is one of the most well-known goal-oriented requirements engineering approaches. Nevertheless, building large KAOS models sometimes results in incomplete and/or complex requirements models that are difficult to understand and maintain. These shortcomings often lead to an increase in costs of product development and evolution. Therefore, for large-scale systems, the ability to manage the complexity and completeness of KAOS models is essential. In this paper, we propose a metrics suite for supporting the quantitative assessment of KAOS models complexity and completeness, in order to support their early identification. We apply the metrics to an example taken from a health club system specification.
  • Keywords
    formal specification; health care; KAOS goal models; completeness measurement; complexity measurement; goal-oriented requirements engineering approach; health club system specification; quantitative assessment; Access control; Analytical models; Atmospheric modeling; Complexity theory; Computational modeling; Measurement; Object oriented modeling; Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering; Model Completeness; Model Complexity; Requirements Metrics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Empirical Requirements Engineering (EmpiRE), 2011 First International Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Trento
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1075-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1076-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EmpiRE.2011.6046252
  • Filename
    6046252