Requirements Engineering in Cloud and Service-Oriented Systems: A Systematic Mapping Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 2040010
Author(s):  
Samah Ridha ◽  
Mali Senapathi
Keyword(s):  
Requirements Engineering ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Systematic Mapping Study ◽  
Mapping Study ◽  
Systematic Mapping ◽  
Current State ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Validation Research

The domain of Cloud and Service-oriented requirements engineering (SORE) focuses on modelling, specifying, and analysing requirements to enable software development in a service-oriented manner. Even though Cloud and SORE has received increasing attention over the past decade, there is no clear view of the current state of knowledge. Our goal is to gain insights into the current status of Cloud and SORE research published to date. To this end, we conducted a systematic mapping study to develop a map to classify relevant literature published between 2007 and 2018. Out of the 326 studies that were examined, we selected 24 studies as primary studies. The resulting map provides an overview of the existing work on Cloud and SORE and makes it possible to identify gaps and plan and position future research. Our findings suggest that Cloud and SORE as a research context needs specific attention. More evaluation and validation research is needed to better understand the implementation and impact of the various solutions (e.g. frameworks, tools) that are proposed in the Cloud and SORE context.

scholarly journals A Systematic Mapping Study on Privacy by Design in Software Engineering

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Ehecatl Morales-Trujillo ◽  
Gabriel Alberto García-Mireles ◽  
Erick Orlando Matla-Cruz ◽  
Mario Piattini
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Data Privacy ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Systematic Mapping Study ◽  
Privacy By Design ◽  
Mapping Study ◽  
Systematic Mapping

Protecting personal data in current software systems is a complex issue that requires legal regulations and constraints to manage personal data as well as a methodological support to develop software systems that would safeguard data privacy of their respective users. Privacy by Design (PbD) approach has been proposed to address this issue and has been applied to systems development in a variety of application domains. The aim of this work is to determine the presence of PbD and its extent in software development efforts. A systematic mapping study was conducted in order to identify relevant literature that collects PbD principles and goals in software development as well as methods and/or practices that support privacy aware software development. 53 selected papers address PbD mostly from a theoretical perspective with proposals validation based primarily on experiences or examples. The findings suggest that there is a need to develop privacy-aware methods to be integrated at all stages of software development life cycle and validate them in industrial settings.

A Systematic Mapping on the Learning Analytics Field and Its Analysis in the Massive Open Online Courses Context

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Moissa ◽  
Isabela Gasparini ◽  
Avanilde Kemczinski
Keyword(s):  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Systematic Mapping Study ◽  
Mapping Study ◽  
Data Types ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Systematic Mapping ◽  
Dynamical Processes

Learning Analytics (LA) is a field that aims to optimize learning through the study of dynamical processes occurring in the students' context. It covers the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about students and their contexts. This study aims at surveying existing research on LA to identify approaches, topics, and needs for future research. A systematic mapping study is launched to find as much literature as possible. The 127 papers found (resulting in 116 works) are classified with respect to goals, data types, techniques, stakeholders and interventions. Despite the increasing interest in field, there are no studies relating it to the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) context. The goal of this paper is twofold, first we present the systematic mapping on LA and after we analyze its findings in the MOOCs context. As results we provide an overview of LA and identify perspectives and challenges in the MOOCs context.

scholarly journals A systematic mapping study of security, trust and privacy in clouds

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac Odun-Ayo ◽  
Toro-Abasi Williams ◽  
Jamaiah Yahaya
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Evaluation Research ◽  
Systematic Mapping Study ◽  
Mapping Study ◽  
Systematic Mapping ◽  
Cloud Computing Security ◽  
Mapping Process ◽  
Validation Research ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Privacy Issues

Cloud computing thrives around trust and security in the relationship between cloud providers and users of their services. The objective was the conduct of a systematic mapping study of cloud computing security, trust and privacy. The research was executed using three classes of facets, namely topic, contribution, and research based on the systematic mapping process. The result shows that privacy issues and challenges on metric had 4.76% of the publications. On cloud trust in the domain of tool, the publications were 8.75%. The publications on design within the domain of model stood at 12.38%, and publications on privacy issues and challenges in the area of process were 8.57%. Furthermore, there were more articles published on privacy issues and challenges within the domain of evaluation research with 10.43%. The publications on design based on validation research made up 7.83% of the study. More papers were also published on frameworks and techniques within the domain of solution research with 5.22% each. There were more articles published on privacy issues and challenges with regards to philosophical research with 4.35%. Shortcomings in the fields of security, trust and privacy in the cloud, were identified through this study, which should motivate further research. 

Research on Energy Efficiency of Embedded Systems: A Systematic Mapping Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 588-589 ◽  
pp. 2088-2092
Author(s):  
Ehsan Ahmad ◽  
Yun Wei Dong ◽  
Bin Gu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Embedded Systems ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Systematic Mapping Study ◽  
Mapping Study ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Systematic Mapping ◽  
Research Type

The main object of this study is to systematically review existing research on energy efficiency of embedded systems in order to identify investigated aspects and needs for future research. We have conducted a systematic mapping study of the state-of-the-art on energy efficiency of embedded systems. 186 papers have been identified as primary studies from year 1994 to 2011 and classified by research focus, research type, and contribution type. 71% of the research papers are solutions proposals; power estimation is the most investigated aspect in terms of research focus (34%) and majority of the studies contributed in terms of methods.

Requirements engineering education: a systematic mapping study

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Ouhbi ◽  
Ali Idri ◽  
José Luis Fernández-Alemán ◽  
Ambrosio Toval
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Requirements Engineering ◽  
Systematic Mapping Study ◽  
Mapping Study ◽  
Systematic Mapping

scholarly journals Energy Management for Energy Harvesting-Based Embedded Systems: A Systematic Mapping Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Xingyu Miao ◽  
Yongqi Ge
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Embedded Systems ◽  
Embedded System ◽  
Energy Management ◽  
Research Evaluation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Systematic Mapping Study ◽  
Systematic Mapping ◽  
Validation Research ◽  
Research Type

Energy management for energy harvesting-based embedded systems (EHES) is an emerging field, which aims to collect renewable energy from the environment to power an embedded system. In this work, we use the systematic mapping method to study the relevant literature, with the objective of exploring and analysing the state of the art in energy management for EHES, as well as to provide assistance for subsequent literature reviews. To this end, we conducted extensive searches to find articles related to energy harvesting, embedded systems, energy consumption, and energy management. We searched for papers from January 2005 to July 2019 from three mainstream databases, ACM, IEEE Xplore, and Web of Science, and found more than 3000 papers about EHES. Finally, we selected 142 eligible papers. We have completed the system mapping research from five aspects, namely, (1) research type (validation research, evaluation research, solution proposal, philosophical paper, opinion, and experience), (2) research goals (application or theory), (3) application scenarios, (4) tools or methods, and (5) paper distribution, such as publication year and authors’ nationality. The results showed that the major research type of the EHES papers is validation research, accounting for 65%, which indicated research is still in the theoretical stage and many researchers focus on how to improve the efficiency of harvesting energy, develop a reasonable energy supply plan, and adapt EHES for real-world requirements. Furthermore, this work reviews the tools used for EHES. As the future development direction, it is indispensable to provide tools to EHES for research, testing, development, and so on. The results of our analysis provide significant contributions to understanding the existing knowledge and highlighting potential future research opportunities in the EHES field.

Co-creation in tourism: a systematic mapping study

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Mohammadi ◽  
Hamid Reza Yazdani ◽  
Mona Jami Pour ◽  
Morteza Soltani
Keyword(s):  
Research Field ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Systematic Mapping Study ◽  
Mapping Study ◽  
Systematic Mapping ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Status ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Research Gap

Purpose The purpose of this study is to organize and analyze the existing literature on co-creation in tourism to identify the state-of-the-art studies and the research gap in this field. Design/methodology/approach As the research questions seek to provide an overview of the studies in the available literature, the systematic mapping study (SMS) has been selected as the research method. A suitable mapping study method for analyzing and structuring a broad research field concerning methods, designs and research focuses on the existing publications. In total, 137 articles published during 2006–2019 in reliable academic databases such as Science Direct, Emerald, Scopus, Wiley, ProQuest, Sage, Web of Science and Taylor and Francis were selected and analyzed. Findings The results show a rising trend of published articles in tourism, with the maximum number published in 2019 and the minimum number in 2006. Also, analysis of input articles revealed that most of the studies focused on the antecedents and prerequisites for co-creation and paid less attention to the co-creation context. Other findings show that in the field of tourism, the hospitality sector, especially hotels have paid special attention to co-creation. The majority of papers were the empirical type with quantitative design. Furthermore, most studies used the survey method, while the case study and other methods were the next choices. Originality/value This study addresses a major research gap by summarizing the literature related to value co-creation with a specific focus on tourism using the SMS method that provides an overview of the studies in this field. Categorizing papers through SMS helps researchers to review the status of studies in a visual summary to identify gaps and directions for future research.

scholarly journals The Impact of Controlled Vocabularies on Requirements Engineering Activities: A Systematic Mapping Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (21) ◽  
pp. 7749
Author(s):  
Arshad Ahmad ◽  
José Luis Barros Justo ◽  
Chong Feng ◽  
Arif Ali Khan
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Requirements Engineering ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Tool Support ◽  
Systematic Mapping Study ◽  
Mapping Study ◽  
Systematic Mapping ◽  
Controlled Vocabularies ◽  
The Impact

Context: The use of controlled vocabularies (CVs) aims to increase the quality of the specifications of the software requirements, by producing well-written documentation to reduce both ambiguities and complexity. Many studies suggest that defects introduced at the requirements engineering (RE) phase have a negative impact, significantly higher than defects in the later stages of the software development lifecycle. However, the knowledge we have about the impact of using CVs, in specific RE activities, is very scarce. Objective: To identify and classify the type of CVs, and the impact they have on the requirements engineering phase of software development. Method: A systematic mapping study, collecting empirical evidence that is published up to July 2019. Results: This work identified 2348 papers published pertinent to CVs and RE, but only 90 primary published papers were chosen as relevant. The process of data extraction revealed that 79 studies reported the use of ontologies, whereas the remaining 11 were focused on taxonomies. The activities of RE with greater empirical support were those of specification (29 studies) and elicitation (28 studies). Seventeen different impacts of the CVs on the RE activities were classified and ranked, being the two most cited: guidance and understanding (38%), and automation and tool support (22%). Conclusions: The evolution of the last 10 years in the number of published papers shows that interest in the use of CVs remains high. The research community has a broad representation, distributed across the five continents. Most of the research focuses on the application of ontologies and taxonomies, whereas the use of thesauri and folksonomies is less reported. The evidence demonstrates the usefulness of the CVs in all RE activities, especially during elicitation and specification, helping developers understand, facilitating the automation process and identifying defects, conflicts and ambiguities in the requirements. Collaboration in research between academic and industrial contexts is low and should be promoted.

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