Ambiguity Detection: Towards a Tool Explaining Ambiguity Sources

Abstract. [Context and motivation] Natural language is the main representation means of industrial requirements documents, which implies that requirements documents are inherently ambiguous. There exist guidelines for ambiguity detection, such as the Ambiguity Handbook [1]. In order to detect ambiguities according to the existing guidelines, it is necessary to train analysts. [Question/problem] Although ambiguity detection guidelines were extensively discussed in literature, ambiguity detection has not been automated yet. Automation of ambiguity detection is one of the goals of the presented paper. More precisely, the approach and tool presented in this paper have three goals: (1) to automate ambiguity detection, (2) to make plausible for the analyst that ambiguities detected by the tool represent genuine problems of the analyzed document, and (3) to educate the analyst by explaining the sources of the detected ambiguities. [Principal ideas/results] The presented tool provides reliable...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: REFSQ
• Authors: Benedikt Gleich, Oliver Creighton, Leonid Kof
• Keywords: Ambiguities, Ambiguity Detection, REFSQ 2010, Software Engineering, Tool