ANALOGICAL RETRIEVAL IN REUSE-ORIENTED REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING

Computational mechanisms are presented for analogical retrieval of dom ain knowledge as a basis for intelligent tool-based assistance for req uirements engineers, A first mechanism, called the domain matcher, ret rieves object system models which describe key features for new proble ms, A second mechanism, called the problem classifier, reasons with an alogical mappings inferred by the domain matcher to detect potential i ncompleteness, overspecification and inconsistencies in entered facts and requirements, Both mechanisms are embedded in AIR, a toolkit that provides co-operative reuse-oriented assistance for requirements engin eers.