Modelling and analysis techniques for spatio-temporal requirements

Modelling and analysis techniques for spatio-temporal requirements

Mounir Touzani Christophe Ponsard 

Académie de Toulouse, Rue Saint-Roch 75, 31400 Toulouse, France

Centre d’Excellence en Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication, Av. Jean Mermoz 28, Gosselies, Belgique

Corresponding Author Email: 
mounir.touzani@ac-toulouse.fr; christophe.ponsard@cetic.be
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43-75
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DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.3166/ISI.22.2.43-75
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Abstract: 

Requirements Engineering (RE) is a key step in any project aiming at evolving an information system (IS). Current developments, on mobile or cyber-physical systems for example, combine both spatial and temporal dimensions, often reserved to Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This requires more systematic methods for capturing and reasoning about the spatial and temporal nature of requirements. This paper presents a framework for systematically identifying, structuring and reasoning about such requirements, including the selection among alternative designs. In addition to specific techniques combining RE and GIS contributions, a guidance process is also detailed. The process has a dedicated tool support and was also validated on different cases. One of them is used as running example to illustrate our extensions. 

Keywords: 

requirements engineering, spatio-temporal requirements, goal orientation, argumentation, traceability, process guidance, design decision

1. Introduction
2. État de l’art
3. Description de l’étude de cas : fusion de deux universités
4. Extension des modèles d’IE avec des notations spatiales et temporelles
5. Extension du processus de construction du modèle des exigences via les aspects spatiaux et temporels
6. Implémentation des extensions spatiotemporelles
7. Conclusion et perspectives
Remerciements

Ce travail a été financé en partie par le projet PIT de la Région wallonne (conv. nr.7481). Nous remercions Respect-IT pour la mise à disposition du SDK de son outil.

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