Solutions to non-linear requirements engineering problems may be “brittle”; i.e. small changes may dramatically alter solution effectiveness. Therefore, it is not enough to merely generate solutions to requirements problems- we must also assess the robustness of that solution. This paper introduces the KEYS2 algorithm that can generate decision ordering diagrams. Once generated, these diagrams can assess solution robustness in linear time. In experiments with real-world requirements engineering models, we show that KEYS2 can generate decision ordering diagrams in O(N 2 ). When assessed in terms of terms of (a) reducing inference times, (b) increasing solution quality, and (c) decreasing the variance of the generated solution, KEYS2 out-performs other search algorithms (simulated annealing, ASTAR, MaxWalkSat).Sunday, September 27, 2009
New draft: Finding Robust Solutions in Requirements Models
Gregory Gay , Tim Menzies , Omid Jalali , Gregory Mundy, Beau Gilkerson, Martin Feather, and James Kiper
Solutions to non-linear requirements engineering problems may be “brittle”; i.e. small changes may dramatically alter solution effectiveness. Therefore, it is not enough to merely generate solutions to requirements problems- we must also assess the robustness of that solution. This paper introduces the KEYS2 algorithm that can generate decision ordering diagrams. Once generated, these diagrams can assess solution robustness in linear time. In experiments with real-world requirements engineering models, we show that KEYS2 can generate decision ordering diagrams in O(N 2 ). When assessed in terms of terms of (a) reducing inference times, (b) increasing solution quality, and (c) decreasing the variance of the generated solution, KEYS2 out-performs other search algorithms (simulated annealing, ASTAR, MaxWalkSat).
Solutions to non-linear requirements engineering problems may be “brittle”; i.e. small changes may dramatically alter solution effectiveness. Therefore, it is not enough to merely generate solutions to requirements problems- we must also assess the robustness of that solution. This paper introduces the KEYS2 algorithm that can generate decision ordering diagrams. Once generated, these diagrams can assess solution robustness in linear time. In experiments with real-world requirements engineering models, we show that KEYS2 can generate decision ordering diagrams in O(N 2 ). When assessed in terms of terms of (a) reducing inference times, (b) increasing solution quality, and (c) decreasing the variance of the generated solution, KEYS2 out-performs other search algorithms (simulated annealing, ASTAR, MaxWalkSat).
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