TY - GEN
T1 - An integrated approach of AHP and NFRs framework
AU - Kassab, Mohamad
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - One of the challenging areas in dealing with Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) is the need for a decision support system which helps in a better trade-off among alternative operationalizations in the potential solution space for the NFRs. Dealing with such a trade-off is popularly treated with a qualitative fashion through the NFRs framework. In this paper, we propose the incorporation of the mathematical based trade-off technique: Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to quantitatively deal with ambiguities, trade-offs, priorities and interdependencies among NFRs and operationalizations when using the NFRs framework. Such usage of the AHP technique within the NFRs framework will bring the benefits of the mathematically based trade-off techniques to the NFRs framework and eliminates the drawbacks associated with model-based trade-off techniques which the NFRs framework belongs to.
AB - One of the challenging areas in dealing with Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) is the need for a decision support system which helps in a better trade-off among alternative operationalizations in the potential solution space for the NFRs. Dealing with such a trade-off is popularly treated with a qualitative fashion through the NFRs framework. In this paper, we propose the incorporation of the mathematical based trade-off technique: Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to quantitatively deal with ambiguities, trade-offs, priorities and interdependencies among NFRs and operationalizations when using the NFRs framework. Such usage of the AHP technique within the NFRs framework will bring the benefits of the mathematically based trade-off techniques to the NFRs framework and eliminates the drawbacks associated with model-based trade-off techniques which the NFRs framework belongs to.
KW - AHP
KW - NFRs framework
KW - non-functional requirements
KW - requirements prioritizations
KW - trade-off analysis
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U2 - 10.1109/RCIS.2013.6577705
DO - 10.1109/RCIS.2013.6577705
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84884137672
SN - 9781467329125
T3 - Proceedings - International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science
BT - 7th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2013 - Conference Proceedings
T2 - 7th IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2013
Y2 - 29 May 2013 through 31 May 2013
ER -