TRAM: A tool for transforming textual requirements into analysis models

Keletso J. Letsholo; Liping Zhao; Erol Valeriu Chioasca

doi:10.1109/ASE.2013.6693146

TRAM: A tool for transforming textual requirements into analysis models

Keletso J. Letsholo, Liping Zhao, Erol Valeriu Chioasca

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Abstract

Tool support for automatically constructing analysis models from the natural language specification of requirements (NLR) is critical to model driven development (MDD), as it can bring forward the use of precise formal languages from the coding to the specification phase in the MDD lifecycle. TRAM provides such a support through a novel approach. By using a set of conceptual patterns to facilitate the transformation of an NLR to its target software model, TRAM has shown its potential as an automated tool to support the earliest phase of MDD. This paper describes TRAM and evaluates the tool against three benchmark approaches. © 2013 IEEE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2013 28th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2013 - Proceedings\|IEEE/ACM Int. Conf. Autom. Softw. Eng., ASE - Proc.
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	738-741
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Print)	9781479902156
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ASE.2013.6693146
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	2013 28th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2013 - Palo Alto, CA Duration: 1 Jul 2013 → …

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Conference	2013 28th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2013
City	Palo Alto, CA
Period	1/07/13 → …

Keywords

analysis models
conceptual patterns
Model transformation
natural language processing
semantic object models

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Letsholo, KJ, Zhao, L & Chioasca, EV 2013, TRAM: A tool for transforming textual requirements into analysis models. in 2013 28th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2013 - Proceedings|IEEE/ACM Int. Conf. Autom. Softw. Eng., ASE - Proc.. IEEE, pp. 738-741, 2013 28th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2013, Palo Alto, CA, 1/07/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/ASE.2013.6693146

TRAM: A tool for transforming textual requirements into analysis models. / Letsholo, Keletso J.; Zhao, Liping; Chioasca, Erol Valeriu.
2013 28th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2013 - Proceedings|IEEE/ACM Int. Conf. Autom. Softw. Eng., ASE - Proc.. IEEE, 2013. p. 738-741.

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