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Professor Pete Sawyer

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. 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).

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

  2. Published

    Vista: a user interface for a distributed object-oriented software engineering environment

    Rodden, T., Sawyer, P. & Sommerville, I., 01/1992, In: Software Engineering Journal. 7, 1, p. 25-34 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Interacting with an active, integrated environment

    Rodden, T., Sawyer, P. & Sommerville, I., 1988, SDE 3: Proceedings of the third ACM SIGSOFT/SIGPLAN software engineering symposium on Practical software development environments. New York: ACM, p. 76-84 9 p.

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

  4. Published

    Capturing the Benefits of Requirements Engineering

    Sawyer, P. & Sommerville, I., 01/1999, In: IEEE Software. 16, 2, p. 78-85 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Unpublished

    Packaged Software: Challenges for RE

    Sawyer, P., 06/2000, (Unpublished).

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Other

  6. Published

    REVERE: support for requirements synthesis from documents

    Sawyer, P., Rayson, P. & Garside, R., 09/2002, In: Information Systems Frontiers . 4, 3, p. 343-353 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Unpublished

    Maturing Requirements Engineering Process Maturity Models

    Sawyer, P., 04/2004, (Unpublished) EPRINTS-BOOK-TITLE. Maté, J. & Silva, A. (eds.).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  8. Unpublished

    Supporting MEASUR-driven analysis using NLP tools

    Sawyer, P. & Cosh, K., 06/2004, (Unpublished).

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Other

  9. Published

    Shallow Knowledge as an Aid to Deep Understanding in Early-Phase Requirements Engineering

    Sawyer, P., Rayson, P. & Cosh, K., 11/2005, In: IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 31, 11, p. 969-981 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Unpublished

    Finding Tacit Knowledge by Solving the Pre-Requirements Tracing Problem

    Sawyer, P. & Stone, A., 06/2005, (Unpublished).

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Other

  11. Published

    Faceted Service Specification

    Sawyer, P., Hutchinson, J., Walkerdine, J. & Sommerville, I., 08/2005.

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

  12. Unpublished

    A Requirements Engineering Reference Model

    Sawyer, P. & Gacitua, R., 08/2005, (Unpublished).

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Other

  13. Published

    Identifying Tacit Knowledge-Based Requirements.

    Sawyer, P. & Stone, A., 1/12/2006, In: IEE Proceedings - Software. 153, 6, p. 211-218 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Aspect-Orientation and Database Systems: An Effective Customisation Approach.

    Sawyer, P. & Rashid, A., 1/10/2001, In: IEE Proceedings - Software. 148, 5, p. 156-164 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Requirements Process Establishment and Improvement from the Viewpoint of Cybernetics.

    Sawyer, P., Sommerville, I. & Xu, H., 16/06/2006, In: Journal of Systems and Software. 79, 11, p. 1504-1513 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Profiling and Tracing Stakeholder Needs

    Sawyer, P., Gacitua, R. & Stone, A., 2008, INNOVATIONS FOR REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS. FROM STAKEHOLDERS’ NEEDS TO FORMAL DESIGNS. 5320 ed. Springer-Verlag, p. 196-213 18 p. (LNCS).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  17. 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.

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

  18. 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

  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. 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

  21. 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.

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

  22. Published

    A user interface framework for object-oriented database systems

    Sawyer, P., 1990, Lancaster: University of Lancaster.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  23. Published

    Direct manipulation of an object store

    Sawyer, P. & Sommerville, I., 11/1988, In: Software Engineering Journal. 3, 6, p. 214-222 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Using Constraint Programming to Manage Configurations in Self-Adaptive Systems

    Sawyer, P., Mazo, R., Diaz, D., Salinesi, C. & Hughes, D., 10/2012, In: IEEE Computer. 45, 10, p. 56-63 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Satisfying requirements for pervasive service compositions

    Sawyer, P., Cavallaro, L., Sykes, D., Bencomo, N. & Issarny, V., 2012. 6 p.

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

  26. 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.

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

  27. Published

    Geographically distributed sensemaking: developing understanding in forum-based software development teams

    Shreeve, B., Sawyer, P., Ralph, P. & Stacey, P., 2015.

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

  28. Unpublished

    Managing Process Inconsistency Using Viewpoints

    Sommerville, I. & Sawyer, P., 01/1999, (Unpublished) In: IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 25, 6, p. 784-799 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. 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).

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

  30. 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.

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

  31. Published

    Requirements engineering: a good practice guide

    Sommerville, I. & Sawyer, P., 1997, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 391 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  32. Published

    Viewpoints: principles, problems and a practical approach to requirements engineering

    Sommerville, I. & Sawyer, P., 1997, In: Annals of Software Engineering. 3, 1, p. 101-130 30 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. 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.

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

  34. Published

    Can you detect early dementia from an email? A proof of principle study of daily computer use to detect cognitive and functional decline

    Stringer, G., Couth, S., Brown, L. J. E., Montaldi, D., Gledson, A., Mellor, J., Sutcliffe, A., Sawyer, P., Keane, J., Bull, C., Zeng, X., Rayson, P. & Leroi, I., 07/2018, In: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 33, 7, p. 867-874 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Assessment of non-directed computer-use behaviours in the home can indicate early cognitive impairment: A proof of principle longitudinal study

    Stringer, G., Couth, S., Heuvelman, H., Bull, C., Gledson, A., Keane, J., Rayson, P., Sutcliffe, A., Sawyer, P. H., Zeng, X-J., Montaldi, D., Brown, L. J. E. & Leroi, I., 28/01/2023, In: Aging and Mental Health. 27, 1, p. 193-202 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. 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).

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

  37. 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.

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

  38. 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.

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

  39. Published

    Known and unknown requirements in healthcare

    Sutcliffe, A., Sawyer, P., Stringer, G., Couth, S., Brown, L. J. E., Gledson, A., Bull, C., Rayson, P., Keane, J., Zeng, X. & Leroi, I., 1/03/2020, In: Requirements Engineering . 25, 1, p. 1-20 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Issues in collaborative database browsing: Technical Report - CSCW/14/94

    Twidale, M., Nichols, D., Mariani, J., Rodden, T. & Sawyer, P., 1994, Lancaster: Lancaster University. 24 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsOther report

  41. 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.

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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. 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).

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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. Published

    Self-explanation in adaptive systems based on runtime goal-based models

    Welsh, K., Bencomo, N., Sawyer, P. & Whittle, J., 2014, Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence XVI. Kowalczyk, R. & Nguyen, N. T. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 122-145 24 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  50. 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

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