Context Early software reuse is considered as the most beneficial form of software reuse.
Hence, previous research has focused on supporting the reuse of software requirements …

Embedded systems are pervasive and frequently used for critical systems with time-
dependent functionality. Dwyer et al have developed qualitative specification patterns to …

Like any other quality attribute, usability imposes specific constraints on software
components. Features that raise the software system's usability have to be considered from …

In most current industrial software engineering projects, the majority of requirements
documents are written almost entirely in natural language. However, specifying the …

Context: The use of software patterns has been investigated extensively in the last decades.
Unfortunately, scarce evidence exists about the application of software patterns at the early …

Requirements engineering is a discipline with numerous challenges to overcome. One of
these challenges is the implementation of requirements reuse approaches. Although several …

There has been significant recent interest, within the aspect-oriented software development
(AOSD) community, in representing crosscutting concerns at various stages of the software …

Abstract [Context and motivation] Software Requirement Patterns (SRP) are a type of artifact
that may be used during requirements elicitation that also impact positively in other activities …

Some of the most challenging tasks in building a software system are capturing, refining,
and analyzing requirements. How well these tasks are performed significantly impacts the …

Non-functional requirements (NFRs), such as security and cost, are generally subjective and
oftentimes synergistic or conflicting with each other. Properly dealing with such NFRs …