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Modeling uncertain requirements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

Lukas Block
Lukas Block*
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer IAO, Germany
*
lukas.block@iao.fraunhofer.de

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Anticipating all technical requirements that a product must meet throughout its lifespan has become difficult due to a rise in market, regulatory, and technological uncertainty. As a result, the attribute values of these requirements may be highly uncertain at the start of product development. We propose a mathematical model that captures and quantifies this uncertainty in a clear and comprehensive manner. We evaluate the approach by encoding uncertain requirements for an automotive project. Misconceptions regarding probabilities are alleviated and the requirements are unambiguously defined.

Keywords

requirements managementuncertaintymodelling

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Design Methods and Tools
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 4: DESIGN 2024 , May 2024 , pp. 503 - 512
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