This paper presents Circe, an environment for the analysis of natural language
requirements. Circe is first presented in terms of its architecture, based on a transformational …

Here we propose new heuristics that assist the semi-automated generation of Entity-
Relationship (ER) diagrams for database modelling from a natural language description and …

Agile software development methodologies are increasingly adopted by organizations
because they focus on the client's needs, thus safeguarding business value for the final …

The research for this monograph on web information systems started in the mid-1990s,
when the second author was confronted with the desire of the information service for …

Natural language requirements specifications form the basis for the subsequent phase of the
information system development process, namely the development of conceptual schemata …

The process of converting natural language specifications into conceptual models requires
detailed analysis of natural language text, and designers frequently make mistakes when …

El desarrollo de software inicia con una serie de entrevistas realizadas a los usuarios
potenciales con el fin de determinar los requisitos del software; como resultado de las …

Conceptual modeling is the foundation of system analysis and design methodologies. It is
challenging because it requires a clear understanding of an application domain and the …

The main objective of database modelling is the design of a database that is correct and can
be processed efficiently by a database management system. The efficiency and correctness …

One of the main limitations attributed to Object Orientation (OO) by software engineers is the
immaturity of the Object-Oriented Analysis (OOA) process. This article aims to propose a …