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Requirement Conflict Restructuring William N. Robinson Vecheslav Volkov Contact: wrobinson@, (404) 651-3867 Department of Computer Information Systems Georgia State University Atlanta, GA 30301-4015 Abstract—Requirements engineering necessitates the analysis of relationships among the requirements of system stakeholders. Poor analysis of these relationships has led to numerous failures. To improve such analy- sis, researchers have created models and methods for recording, analyzing, and modifying stakeholder require- ments. However, the critical aspect of resolving conflicts among stakeholder requirements remains relatively implicit. Herein, we explicitly define: (1) an ontology for capturing stakeholder requirements, (2) restructuring transformations that generate alternative requirements that remove stakeholder conflicts, and (3) a strategy for guiding the resolution generation process. To validate the utility of our approach, we have applied it to the anal- ysis of a distributed meeting scheduler. We conclude that good quality resolutions and substantial automated support can be had through a transformation approach to removing requirement conflicts. Index Terms—Requirements engineering, stakeholder negotiation, automated conflict res- olution Conflict-Oriented Requirements Restructuring © 1999 William N. Robinson GSU CIS Working Paper 99-5 INTRODUCTION © 1999 William N. Robinson 1 I. INTRODUCTION Stakeholder requirements analysis is a mainstay of requirements engineering. It is a means to ensure a consi