Pushing Boundaries of RE: Requirement Elicitation for Non-human Users

Anna Zamansky; Dirk Van Der Linden; Sofya Baskin

doi:10.1109/RE.2017.30

Pushing Boundaries of RE: Requirement Elicitation for Non-human Users

Anna Zamansky, Dirk Van Der Linden, Sofya Baskin

Department of Information Systems

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Abstract

With the advance of modern technologies, computer-based systems for animals are gaining popularity. In particular, there is an explosion of products and gadgets for pets: Wellness monitoring applications (e.g., FitBark and PetPace), automatic food dispensers, cognitive enrichment apps, and many more. Furthermore, the discipline of Animal-Computer Interaction has emerged, focusing on a user-centric development of technologies for animals, making them stakeholders in the development process. Animal-centric technologies have already been developed to support activities of rescue and assistance dogs, to provide environmental and cognitive enrichment for animals in captivity, and to support conservation and animal behavior research. Going beyond human stakeholders poses new exciting challenges for requirement engineering and can be used to significantly expand its boundaries under broader theoretical and methodological frameworks. This paper highlights these challenges and proposes a research agenda for developing methodologies for requirement elicitation and analysis for a user-centric development of computerized systems for non-human users.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2017
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	406-411
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538631911
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RE.2017.30
State	Published - 22 Sep 2017
Event	25th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2017 - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 4 Sep 2017 → 8 Sep 2017

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Name	Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2017

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Conference	25th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2017
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisbon
Period	4/09/17 → 8/09/17

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.

Keywords

animal-computer interaction
elicitation
non-human
requirements

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Management of Technology and Innovation

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Zamansky, A., Linden, D. V. D., & Baskin, S. (2017). Pushing Boundaries of RE: Requirement Elicitation for Non-human Users. In Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2017 (pp. 406-411). Article 8049148 (Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2017). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/RE.2017.30

Zamansky, Anna ; Linden, Dirk Van Der ; Baskin, Sofya. / Pushing Boundaries of RE : Requirement Elicitation for Non-human Users. Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. pp. 406-411 (Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2017).

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Zamansky, A, Linden, DVD & Baskin, S 2017, Pushing Boundaries of RE: Requirement Elicitation for Non-human Users. in Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2017., 8049148, Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2017, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 406-411, 25th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2017, Lisbon, Portugal, 4/09/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/RE.2017.30

Pushing Boundaries of RE: Requirement Elicitation for Non-human Users. / Zamansky, Anna; Linden, Dirk Van Der; Baskin, Sofya.
Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 406-411 8049148 (Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2017).

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