Over the years, a number of approaches have been proposed on the description of systems
and software in terms of multiple views represented by models. This modelling branch, so …

Requirements interaction management (RIM) is the set of activities directed toward the
discovery, management, and disposition of critical relationships among sets of requirements …

Innovative e-commerce ideas are characterised by commercial products yet unknown to the
market, enabled by information technology such as the Internet and technologies on top of it …

This chapter introduces the basics of neural-symbolic systems used thoughout the book. A
brief bibliographical review is also presented. Neural-symbolic systems have become a very …

Composite systems are generally comprised of heterogeneous components whose
specifications are developed by many development participants. The requirements of such …

A newcomer to a software project must typically come up-to-speed on a large, varied amount
of information about the project before becoming productive. Assimilating this information in …

This paper presents a conceptual framework for security engineering, with a strong focus on
security requirements elicitation and analysis. This conceptual framework establishes a …

Blended modeling aims to improve the user experience of modeling activities by prioritizing
the seamless interaction with models through multiple notations over the consistency of the …

The development of complex software systems is a complex and lengthy activity that
involves the participation and collaboration of many stakeholders (eg customers, users …

Inconsistencies in design models should be detected immediately to save the engineer from
unnecessary rework. Yet, tools are not capable of keeping up with the engineers' rate of …