Dealing with Systems-of-Systems Reliability Requirements: A Systematic Mapping of the Literature
Abstract
Systems-of-Systems (SoS) is a grouping of software systems from several organizations that form alliances of organizations. These systems work together to achieve more complex business objectives not achieved by a single software system. Due to the characteristics of SoS, its requirements change over time, bringing challenges to Requirements Engineering. The purpose of this article is to find out how reliability requirements are handled during the SoS lifecycle. It was evidenced that this type of requirement is generally being considered at a later stage than the requirements stage and that there is a lack of techniques to handle them properly.
Keywords:
System-of-Systems, SoS, Reliability Requirement, Requirements Engineering, Reliability, Fault tolerance
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Published
2022-06-13
How to Cite
MOLINA, Sidny de Almeida; PAIVA, Débora Maria Barroso; CAGNIN, Maria Istela.
Dealing with Systems-of-Systems Reliability Requirements: A Systematic Mapping of the Literature. In: IBERO-AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (CIBSE), 25. , 2022, Córdoba.
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Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2022
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p. 315-329.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/cibse.2022.20981.
