Requirements Analysis and Specification Methodologies for Embedded Computer Systems: Survey and Case Study.

Abstract

While considerable advances have been made in the technology of software development, costs continue to rise. Research has shown that incomplete, ambiguous or inconsistent requirements specifications are a frequent cause of cost escalation and poor quality of the end product. This thesis reviews the problems in this area and their causes and examines a number of current systems and methodologies designed to better state the users' requirements. Techniques developed by the US Naval Research Laboratory for generating requirements specifications for embedded computer systems are selected for detailed examination and the results, of a limited case study in the application of these techniques to a Navy weapon system are presented. These indicate that use of the techniques need not require a high degree of expertise in computer science and that they are adaptable to new systems. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA126700

Entities

People

  • Nicholas David Hunten Hammond

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Case Studies
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Data Displays
  • Databases
  • Embedded Systems
  • Engineering
  • Life Cycles
  • Military Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Software Development
  • Weapon Control
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Systems Analysis and Design