Measuring the expressiveness of a constrained natural language: An empirical study

Boyd, S; Zowghi, D; Farroukh, A

Measuring the expressiveness of a constrained natural language: An empirical study

Boyd, S Zowghi, D

Farroukh, A

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Citation:: Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering, 2005, pp. 339 - 349
Issue Date:: 2005-11-14

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dc.contributor.author	Boyd, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zowghi, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6051-0155	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Farroukh, A	en_US
dc.date.issued	2005-11-14	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering, 2005, pp. 339 - 349	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1090-705X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/2530
dc.description.abstract	It has been suggested that constraining a natural language (NL) reduces the degree of ambiguity of requirement specifications written in that language. There is also a tendency to assume that an inescapable side effect of constraining a natural language is a subsequent reduction in its expressiveness. The primary objective of this paper is to describe a technique that we have developed for empirically measuring the expressiveness of a Constrained Natural Language (CNL) when used to specify the requirements in a particular application domain. Our simple yet practical and repeatable technique elucidates the individual contribution that each lexical entity of the CNL can make on the overall expressiveness of the CNL. This technique is particularly useful for designing new CNLs, as well as situations where tailoring or streamlining existing CNLs for particular application domains is needed. © 2005 IEEE.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering	en_US
dc.title	Measuring the expressiveness of a constrained natural language: An empirical study	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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dc.location.activity	Paris, France	en_US
dc.location.activity	Phoenix, USA
dc.location.activity	Univ Paris1 Pantheon Sorbonne, Paris, FRANCE
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Abstract:

It has been suggested that constraining a natural language (NL) reduces the degree of ambiguity of requirement specifications written in that language. There is also a tendency to assume that an inescapable side effect of constraining a natural language is a subsequent reduction in its expressiveness. The primary objective of this paper is to describe a technique that we have developed for empirically measuring the expressiveness of a Constrained Natural Language (CNL) when used to specify the requirements in a particular application domain. Our simple yet practical and repeatable technique elucidates the individual contribution that each lexical entity of the CNL can make on the overall expressiveness of the CNL. This technique is particularly useful for designing new CNLs, as well as situations where tailoring or streamlining existing CNLs for particular application domains is needed. © 2005 IEEE.

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