论文标题
IMER：实体关系和业务的迭代过程
iMER: Iterative Process of Entity Relationship and Business Proces Models Extraction from the Requirements
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论文摘要
从软件需求文档中提取概念模型，例如实体关系模型或业务流程模型，是软件开发生命周期中的重要任务。业务流程模型显示了所需系统功能的清晰图片。业务流程模型中的操作以及消耗的数据实体，帮助软件开发人员了解要实施的数据库设计和操作。研究人员一直致力于自动从需求文件中提取这些人工制品。在本文中，我们提出了一种自动化方法，可以从要求中提取实体关系和业务流程模型，这些方法可能采用不同的格式，例如一般要求，用例规范和用户故事。我们的方法基于有效的自然语言处理技术。
Extracting conceptual models, e.g., entity relationship model or Business Process model, from software requirement document is an essential task in the software development life cycle. Business process model presents a clear picture of required system functionality. Operations in business process model together with the data entity consumed, help the software developers to understand the database design and operations to be implemented. Researchers have been aiming at automatic extraction of these artefacts from the requirement document. In this paper, we present an automated approach to extract the entity relationship and business process models from requirements, which are possibly in different formats such as general requirements, use case specification and user stories. Our approach is based on the efficient natural language processing techniques.
