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In the early phases of the software development process we generally deal with systems requirements that are gathered from various sources. These requirements can be represented in the form of structural and behavioral schemata. But heterogeneous system requirements frequently contain conflicts and overlap. Requirements schema integration is therefore essential for successful further system development. The complex integration of dynamic schemata in particular cannot be fully automated and even partial automation is not a trivial task. In this chapter we demonstrate a partially automated, guideline based, modeling language-independent integration approach for dynamic schemata. We also show how our guidelines can be applied during the typical steps of an integration process.
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Bellström, P., Vöhringer, J., Kop, C. (2009). Toward Modeling Language-Independent Integration of Dynamic Schemata. In: Papadopoulos, G., Wojtkowski, W., Wojtkowski, G., Wrycza, S., Zupancic, J. (eds) Information Systems Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/b137171_3
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