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Modeling languages have been evaluated through empirical studies, comparisons of language grammars, and ontological analyses. In this paper we take the first approach, evaluating the expressiveness and effectiveness of Techne, a requirements modeling language, by applying it to three requirements problems from the literature. We use our experiences to propose a number of language improvements for Techne, addressing challenges discovered during the studies. This work presents an example evaluation of modeling language expressiveness and effectiveness through realistic case studies.
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Horkoff, J., Aydemir, F.B., Li, FL., Li, T., Mylopoulos, J. (2014). Evaluating Modeling Languages: An Example from the Requirements Domain. In: Yu, E., Dobbie, G., Jarke, M., Purao, S. (eds) Conceptual Modeling. ER 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8824. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12206-9_21
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