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Professor Pete Sawyer

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. Conference contribution/Paper
  2. Published

    Revisiting goal-oriented models for self-aware systems-of-systems

    Cavalcante, E., Batista, T., Bencomo, N. & Sawyer, P. H., 7/07/2015, Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing, ICAC 2015. IEEE, p. 231-234 4 p.

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  3. Published

    Dementia and social sustainability: challenges for software engineering

    Sawyer, P., Sutcliffe, A., Rayson, P. & Bull, C., 05/2015, Software Engineering (ICSE), 2015 IEEE/ACM 37th IEEE International Conference on (Volume:2 ) . IEEE, p. 527-530 4 p.

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  4. Published

    Discovering affect-laden requirements to achieve system acceptance

    Sutcliffe, A., Rayson, P., Bull, C. & Sawyer, P., 08/2014, 22nd IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE'14). IEEE, p. 173-182 10 p.

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  5. Published

    Modeling personalised adaptive systems

    Sutcliffe, A. & Sawyer, P., 2013, Advanced Information Systems Engineering: 25th International Conference, CAiSE 2013, Valencia, Spain, June 17-21, 2013. Proceedings. Salinesi, C., Norrie, M. C. & Pastor, Ó. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 178-192 15 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 7908).

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  6. Published

    Requirements elicitation: towards the unknown unknowns

    Sutcliffe, A. & Sawyer, P., 2013, Proceedings of the 21st IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering (RE’13). Piscataway, N.J.: IEEE, p. 92-104 13 p.

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  7. Published

    Relaxing Claims: Coping With Uncertainty While Evaluating Assumptions at Run Time

    Ramirez, A., H.C. Cheng, B., Bencomo, N. & Sawyer, P., 1/09/2012, Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems 15th International Conference, MODELS 2012, Innsbruck, Austria, September 30–October 5, 2012. Proceedings. France, R. B., Kazmeier, J., Breu, R. & Atkinson, C. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 53-69 17 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 7590).

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  8. 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).

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  9. 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.

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  10. 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.

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  11. 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.

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  12. 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.

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  13. 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.

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  14. 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.

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  15. 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.

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  16. 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).

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  17. 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.

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  18. 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.

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  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.

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  20. 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.

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  21. 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.

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  22. 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).

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  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.

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  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).

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  25. 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.

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  26. 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.

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  27. 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.

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  28. Published

    Goal-Based Modeling of Dynamically Adaptive System Requirements

    Goldsby, H. J., Sawyer, P., Bencomo, N., Hughes, D. & Cheng, B. H. C., 03/2008, 15th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems, 2008. ECBS 2008. . IEEE Publishing, p. 36-45 10 p.

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  29. Published

    A flexible framework to experiment with ontology learning techniques

    Gacitua, R., Sawyer, P. & Rayson, P., 2008, Proceedings of AI-2007 Twenty-seventh SGAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Bramer, M., Coenen, F. & Petridis, M. (eds.). Springer, p. 153-166 14 p.

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  30. Published

    An Exploratory Study of Information Retrieval Techniques in Domain Analysis

    Alves, V., Schwanninger, C., Barbosa, L., Rashid, A., Sawyer, P., Rayson, P., Pohl, C. & Rummler, A., 2008, 12th International Software Product Line Conference, 2008. SPLC '08. . IEEE Publishing, p. 67-76 10 p.

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  31. Published

    Ontology-aided Translation in the Comparison of Candidate Service Quality

    Zachos, K., Dobson, G. & Sawyer, P., 2008, SOCCER '08: Proceedings of the 2008 International Workshop on Service-Oriented Computing Consequences for Engineering Requirements. Washington, DC, USA: IEEE Computer Society, p. 30-37 8 p.

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  32. Published

    Service-Centric Systems and Requirements Engineering

    Baresi, L., Maiden, N. & Sawyer, P., 2008, RE '08: Proceedings of the 2008 16th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference. Washington, DC, USA: IEEE Computer Society, p. 305 1 p.

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  33. Published

    When to Adapt? Identification of Problem Domains for Adaptive Systems

    Welsh, K. & Sawyer, P., 2008, REFSQ '08: Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Requirements Engineering. Paech, B. & Rolland, C. (eds.). Berlin: Springer Verlag, p. 198-203 6 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 5025).

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  34. Published

    A Faceted Approach to Service Specification

    Walkerdine, J., Hutchinson, J., Sawyer, P., Dobson, G. & Onditi, V., 05/2007, Internet and Web Applications and Services, 2007. ICIW '07. Second International Conference on. IEEE, p. 20 1 p.

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  35. Published

    Visualizing the Analysis of Dynamically Adaptive Systems Using i* and DSLs

    Sawyer, P., Bencomo, N., Hughes, D., Grace, P., Goldsby, H. J. & Cheng, B. H. C., 2007, Requirements Engineering Visualization, 2007. REV 2007. Second International Workshop on. Washington, DC, USA: IEEE Computer Society, p. 3 1 p.

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  36. Published

    Is a Dominant Service-Centric Sector Good for Diversity of Provision?

    Hutchinson, J., Sawyer, P. & Walkerdine, J., 09/2006, SOCCER '06 Proceedings of the Service-Oriented Computing: Consequences for Engineering Requirements.

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  37. Published

    Aiding Semiotic Analysis using Natural Language Processing Tools

    Cosh, K. & Sawyer, P., 2004, Virtual, Distributed and Flexible Organisations. Jointly published by Springer Netherlands and Canopus Publishing Limited, Bristol, p. 307-308 2 p.

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  38. Published

    Early aspects: a model for aspect-oriented requirements engineering

    Rashid, A., Sawyer, P., Moreira, A. M. D. & Araújo, J., 2002, Requirements Engineering, 2002. Proceedings. IEEE Joint International Conference on. Washington, DC, USA: IEEE Computer Society, p. 199-202 4 p.

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  39. Published

    The REVERE project: Experiments with the application of probabilistic NLP to systems engineering

    Rayson, P., Emmet, L., Garside, R. & Sawyer, P., 1/01/2001, Natural Language Processing and Information Systems - 5th International Conference on Applicationsof Natural Language to Information Systems, NLDB 2000, Revised Papers. Springer-Verlag, p. 288-300 13 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 1959).

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  40. Published

    A Flexible Approach for Instance Adaptation During Class Versioning

    Rashid, A., Sawyer, P. & Pulvermueller, E., 2001, Objects and Databases International Symposium Sophia Antipolis,France,June 13,2000 Revised Papers. Dittrich, K., Guerrini, G., Merlo, I., Oliva, M. & Rodriguez, M. E. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 101-113 13 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 1944).

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  41. Published

    Systematic Change Impact Determination in Complex Object Database Schemata

    Lock, S., Rashid, A., Sawyer, P. & Kotonya, G., 1999, Proceedings of the Workshop on Object-Oriented Technology. Moreira, A. M. D. & Demeyer, S. (eds.). London: Springer, p. 31-40 10 p.

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  42. Published

    Dynamic Relationships in Object Oriented Databases: A Uniform Approach

    Rashid, A. & Sawyer, P., 1999, Database and Expert Systems Applications 10th International Conference, DEXA’99 Florence, Italy, August 30 – September 3, 1999 Proceedings. Bench-Capon, T. J. M., Soda, G. & Tjoa, A. M. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 26-35 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 1677).

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  43. Published

    Evaluation for Evolution: How Well Commercial Systems Do

    Rashid, A. & Sawyer, P., 1999, Proceedings of the Workshop on Object-Oriented Technology. London: Springer, p. 13-24 12 p.

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  44. Published

    Facilitating Virtual Representation of CAD Data Through A Learning Based Approach to Conceptual Database Evolution Employing Direct Instance Sharing

    Rashid, A. & Sawyer, P., 1998, Database and Expert Systems Applications 9th International Conference, DEXA'98 Vienna, Austria, August 24–28, 1998 Proceedings. Quirchmayr, G., Schweighofer, E. & Bench-Capon, T. J. M. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 384-393 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 1460).

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  45. Published

    Viewpoints for requirements elicitation: a practical approach

    Sommerville, I., Sawyer, P. & Viller, S., 1998, Requirements Engineering, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 Third International Conference on. Washington, DC, USA: IEEE Computer Society, p. 74-81 8 p.

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  46. Published

    Desktop objects: directly manipulating data and meta data

    Kadyamatimba, A., Mariani, J. A. & Sawyer, P., 1996, Interfaces'96: Proceedings of the 1996 international conference on Interfaces to Databases. Swindon: British Computer Society, p. 3-3 1 p.

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  47. Published

    Process Viewpoints

    Sommerville, I., Kotonya, G., Viller, S. & Sawyer, P., 1995, Software Process Technology 4th European Workshop, EWSPT'95 Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, April 3–5, 1995 Proceedings. Schäfer, W. (ed.). Berlin: Springer Verlag, p. 2-8 7 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 913).

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  48. Published

    Database object display definition and management with Moggetto

    Sawyer, P., Colebourne, A., Mariani, J. A. & Sommerville, I., 1995, Proceedings of the third IFIP WG2.6 working conference on Visual database systems 3 (VDB-3). Spaccapietra, S. & Jain, R. (eds.). London: Chapman Hall, Ltd., p. 289-303 15 p.

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  49. Published

    Sociologists can be surprisingly useful in interactive systems design

    Sommerville, I., Rodden, T., Sawyer, P. & Bentley, R., 1993, People and computers VII : proceedings of HCI 92, York, September 1992. Monk, A., Diaper, D. & Harrison, M. D. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 342-354 13 p.

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  50. Published

    Ethnographically-informed systems design for air traffic control

    Bentley, R., Hughes, J. A., Randall, D., Rodden, T., Sawyer, P., Shapiro, D. & Sommerville, I., 1992, CSCW '92: Proceedings of the 1992 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative work. New York: ACM, p. 123-129 7 p.

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  51. Published

    An architecture for tailoring cooperative multi-user displays

    Bentley, R., Rodden, T., Sawyer, P. & Sommerville, I., 1992, CSCW '92: Proceedings of the 1992 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative work. New York: ACM, p. 187-194 8 p.

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