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Professor Pete Sawyer

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. 2012
  2. Published

    Self-explanation in adaptive systems

    Bencomo, N., Welsh, K., Sawyer, P. & Whittle, J., 2012, ICECCS '12 Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE 17th International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems. IEEE, p. 157-166 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  3. Published

    The case for dumb requirements engineering tools

    Berry, D., Gacitua, R., Sawyer, P. & Tjong, S. F., 2012, Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality 18th International Working Conference, REFSQ 2012, Essen, Germany, March 19-22, 2012. Proceedings. Regnell, B. & Damian, D. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 211-217 7 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 7195).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  4. 2011
  5. Published

    Relevance-based abstraction identification: technique and evaluation

    Gacitua, R., Sawyer, P. & Gervasi, V., 09/2011, In: Requirements Engineering . 16, 3, p. 251-265 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Run-time resolution of uncertainty

    Welsh, K., Sawyer, P. & Bencomo, N., 1/05/2011, Requirements Engineering Conference (RE), 2011 19th IEEE International. IEEE, p. 355-356 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  7. Published

    Towards requirements aware systems: Run-time resolution of design-time assumptions

    Welsh, K., Sawyer, P. & Bencomo, N., 2011, ASE '11: Proceedings of the 2011 26th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering. Washington, DC, USA: IEEE Computer Society, p. 560-563 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  8. Published

    Tracing requirements for adaptive systems using claims

    Welsh, K., Bencomo, N. & Sawyer, P., 2011, TEFSE '11: Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Traceability in Emerging Forms of Software Engineering. New York, NY, USA: ACM, p. 38-41 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  9. Published

    Unknown knowns: Tacit knowledge in requirements engineering

    Sawyer, P., Gervasi, V. & Nuseibeh, B., 2011, RE '11: Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE 19th International Requirements Engineering Conference. Washington, DC, USA: IEEE Computer Society, p. 329 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  10. 2010
  11. Published

    Concept mapping as a means of requirements tracing

    Kof, L., Gacitua, R., Rouncefield, M. & Sawyer, P., 1/09/2010, Managing Requirements Knowledge (MARK), 2010 Third International Workshop on. IEEE Computer Society, p. 22-31 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  12. Published

    Making Tacit Requirements Explicit

    Gacitua, R., Ma, L., Nuseibeh, B., Piwek, P., de Roek, A., Rouncefield, M. & Sawyer, P., 09/2010, Second International Workshop on Managing Requirements Knowledge (MARK), 2009 . IEEE, p. 40-44 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  13. Published

    Understanding the Scope of Uncertainty in Dynamically Adaptive Systems

    Welsh, K. & Sawyer, P., 1/06/2010, Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality 16th International Working Conference, REFSQ 2010, Essen, Germany, June 30–July 2, 2010. Proceedings. Wieringa, R. & Persson, A. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 2-16 15 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 6182).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  14. Published

    Requirements reflection: requirements as runtime entities

    Bencomo, N., Whittle, J., Sawyer, P., Finkelstein, A. & Letier, E., 05/2010, ICSE '10 Proceedings of the 32nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering - Volume 2. New York: ACM, p. 199-202 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  15. Published

    Managing Testing Complexity in Dynamically Adaptive Systems: A Model-Driven Approach

    Welsh, K. & Sawyer, P., 2010, ICSTW '10: Proceedings of the 2010 Third International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation Workshops. Washington, DC, USA: IEEE Computer Society, p. 290-298 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  16. Published

    On the Effectiveness of Abstraction Identification in Requirements Engineering

    Gacitua, R., Sawyer, P. & Gervasi, V., 2010, RE '10: Proceedings of the 2010 18th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference. Washington, DC, USA: IEEE Computer Society, p. 5-14 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  17. Published

    Ontology and Model Alignment as a Means for Requirements Validation

    Kof, L., Gacitua, R., Rouncefield, M. & Sawyer, P., 2010, ICSC '10: Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE Fourth International Conference on Semantic Computing. Washington, DC, USA: IEEE Computer Society, p. 46-51 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  18. Published

    RELAX: A Language to Address Uncertainty in Self-Adaptive Systems Requirements

    Whittle, J., Sawyer, P., Bencomo, N. & Cheng, B. H. C., 2010, In: Requirements Engineering . 15, 2, p. 177-196 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Requirements-Aware Systems: A Research Agenda for RE for Self-adaptive Systems

    Sawyer, P., Bencomo, N., Whittle, J., Letier, E. & Finkelstein, A., 2010, Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE '10). Washington, DC, USA: IEEE Computer Society, p. 95-103 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  20. 2009
  21. Published

    A Goal-Based Modeling Approach to Develop Requirements of an Adaptive System with Environmental Uncertainty

    Cheng, B. H. C., Sawyer, P., Bencomo, N. & Whittle, J., 10/2009, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS '09). Schürr, A. & Selic, B. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 468-483 16 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 5795).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  22. Published

    How to use web services in your requirements process

    Sawyer, P. & Maiden, N., 01/2009, In: IEEE Software. 26, 1, p. 76-78 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    RELAX: Incorporating Uncertainty into the Specification of Self-Adaptive Systems

    Whittle, J., Sawyer, P., Bencomo, N., Cheng, B. H. C. & Bruel, J-M., 2009, Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE '09) . IEEE Publishing, p. 79-88 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  24. Published

    Requirements tracing to support change in dynamically adaptive systems

    Welsh, K. & Sawyer, P., 2009, Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality: 15th International Working Conference, REFSQ 2009 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 8-9, 2009 Proceedings. Glinz, M. & Heymans, P. (eds.). Berlin: Springer-Verlag, p. 59-73 15 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 5512).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  25. Published

    Revisiting the Relationship between Software Architecture and Requirements: the case of Dynamically Adaptive Systems

    Bencomo, N., Grace, P. & Sawyer, P., 2009. 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paper

  26. 2008
  27. Published

    Specifying and Constructing a Fault-Tolerant Composite Service

    Onditi, V., Dobson, G., Hutchinson, J., Walkerdine, J. & Sawyer, P., 11/2008, IEEE Sixth European Conference on Web Services, 2008. ECOWS '08. . Dublin: IEEE, p. 135-142 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  28. Published

    A Language for Self-Adaptive System Requirements

    Whittle, J., Sawyer, P., Bencomo, N. & Cheng, B., 8/09/2008, SOCCER '08. International Workshop on Service-Oriented Computing: Consequences for Engineering Requirements, 2008. . IEEE Publishing, p. 24-29 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  29. Published
  30. Published

    Ensemble Methods for Ontology Learning - An Empirical Experiment To Evaluate Combinations Of Concept Acquisition Techniques

    Gacitua, R. & Sawyer, P., 14/05/2008, Seventh IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science, 2008. ICIS 08. . IEEE Publishing, p. 328-333 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

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