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In this chapter we present a rule-based framework to support automatic creation of trace relationships and identification of missing elements based on traceability rules. The framework supports documents generated during the development life cycle of object-oriented, product line, and agent-oriented systems. We have identified different types of trace relationships for these documents. The framework assumes traceability rules expressed in XQuery. The rules consider different aspects such as the semantics of the artifacts being compared, the types of trace relationships, and the grammatical roles and associations of words in textual parts of the artifacts. Prototype tools have been implemented to demonstrate and evaluate the work. Evaluation of the framework in terms of recall and precision measurements in several case studies are positive and encouraging.
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Zisman, A. (2012). Using Rules for Traceability Creation. In: Cleland-Huang, J., Gotel, O., Zisman, A. (eds) Software and Systems Traceability. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2239-5_7
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