Requirements Engineering for Service and Cloud Computing

1. Front Matter

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2. Requirements Elicitation for Service and Cloud Computing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. What We Say We Want and What We Really Need: Experiences on the Barriers to Communicate Information System Needs

      • Aapo Koski, Tommi Mikkonen

      Pages 3-21

   3. Cloud Dimensions for Requirements Specification

      • Ana Sofia Zalazar, Luciana Ballejos, Sebastian Rodriguez

      Pages 23-43

   4. Analyzing Requirements Engineering for Cloud Computing

      • Ana Sofia Zalazar, Luciana Ballejos, Sebastian Rodriguez

      Pages 45-64

   5. Classification of Non-functional Requirements of Web Services from Multiperspective View

      • Maya Rathore, Ugrasen Suman

      Pages 65-87

   6. The Requirements Elicitation Approaches for Software-Defined Cloud Environments

      • Pethuru Raj, Parvathy Arulmozhi, Nithya Chidambaram

      Pages 89-117

3. Requirements Specification for Service and Cloud Computing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119

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   2. Formal Modeling of Enterprise Cloud Bus System: A High Level Petri-Net Based Approach

      • Gitosree Khan, Sabnam Sengupta, Anirban Sarkar

      Pages 121-149

   3. Requirements to Services: A Model to Automate Service Discovery and Dynamic Choreography from Service Version Database

      • Swapan Bhattacharya, Ananya Kanjilal, Sabnam Sengupta, Jayeeta Chanda, Dipankar Majumdar

      Pages 151-179

   4. Architecturally Significant Requirements Identification, Classification and Change Management for Multi-tenant Cloud-Based Systems

      • Muhammad Aufeef Chauhan, Christian W. Probst

      Pages 181-205

4. Requirements Validation, Evaluation, and QoS for Service and Cloud Computing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207

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   2. Cyber Security Requirements Engineering

      • Christof Ebert

      Pages 209-228

   3. Appraisal and Analysis of Various Self-Adaptive Web Service Composition Approaches

      • Doaa H. Elsayed, Eman S. Nasr, Alaa El Din M. El Ghazali, Mervat H. Gheith

      Pages 229-246

   4. Transition from Information Systems to Service-Oriented Logical Architectures: Formalizing Steps and Rules with QVT

      • Nuno Santos, Nuno Ferreira, Ricardo J. Machado

      Pages 247-270

   5. Improving the QoS of a Composite Web Service by Pruning its Weak Partners

      • Kuljit Kaur Chahal, Navinderjit Kaur Kahlon, Sukhleen Bindra Narang

      Pages 271-290

   6. Using Distributed Agile Patterns for Supporting the Requirements Engineering Process

      • Maryam Kausar, Adil Al-Yasiri

      Pages 291-316

5. Back Matter

   Pages 317-320

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This authoritative text/reference describes the state of the art in requirements engineering for software systems for distributed computing. A particular focus is placed on integrated solutions, which take into account the requirements of scalability, flexibility, sustainability and operability for distributed environments. Topics and features: discusses the latest developments, tools, technologies and trends in software requirements engineering; reviews the relevant theoretical frameworks, practical approaches and methodologies for service requirements; examines the three key components of the requirements engineering process, namely requirements elicitation, requirements specification, and requirements validation and evaluation; presents detailed contributions from an international selection of highly reputed experts in the field; offers guidance on best practices, and suggests directions for further research in the area.

• Requirements Engineering
• Service Computing
• Cloud Computing
• Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN)

“This is an edited collection of papers, authored by experts from academia and industry, on the progress and update of requirements handling specific to the subfields of cloud computing and service. … The content is well balanced between technical and introductory papers, which cover very technical aspects as well as details of the theory and good practical knowledge. … I would recommend the book to academics, researchers, and professionals.” (Computing Reviews, November, 2017)

• School of Computing, Creative Technologies, and Engineering, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom

  Muthu Ramachandran

• University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom

  Zaigham Mahmood

Dr. Muthu Ramachandran is a Principal Lecturer in the School of Computing, Creative Technologies, and Engineering at Leeds Beckett University, UK.

Prof. Zaigham Mahmood is a Senior Technology Consultant at Debesis Education UK and an Associate Lecturer (Research) at the University of Derby, UK. He also holds positions as Foreign Professor at NUST and IIU in Islamabad, Pakistan, and Professor Extraordinaire at the North West University Potchefstroom, South Africa. Among his many publications are the Springer titles Connectivity Frameworks for Smart Devices, Data Science and Big Data Computing, Cloud Computing: Challenges, Limitations and R&D Solutions, Continued Rise of the Cloud, Cloud Computing: Methods and Practical Approaches, Software Engineering Frameworks for the Cloud Computing Paradigm, and Cloud Computing for Enterprise Architectures.

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