Dependency-aware release planning for software projects using fuzzy graphs and integer programming

Mougouei, Davoud; Powers, David M. W.

doi:10.3233/jifs-182810

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“…Also, value-annotated APIs can help detect value dependencies [13,[15][16][17][18] and conflicts in software code [19]. This is particularly important for reconciling value conflicts (tensions) in software projects.…”

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Engineering Human Values in Software through Value Programming

Mougouei

2020

Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering Workshops

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Ignoring human values in software development may disadvantage users by breaching their values and introducing biases in software. This can be mitigated by informing developers about the value implications of their choices and taking initiatives to account for human values in software. To this end, we propose the notion of Value Programming with three principles: (P1) annotating source code and related artifacts with respect to values; (P2) inspecting source code to detect conditions that lead to biases and value breaches in software, i.e., Value Smells; and (P3) making recommendations to mitigate biases and value breaches. To facilitate value programming, we propose a framework that allows for automated annotation of software code with respect to human values. The proposed framework lays a solid foundation for inspecting human values in code and making recommendations to overcome biases and value breaches in software.

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Section: Value Annotation Of Apismentioning

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Engineering Human Values in Software through Value Programming

Mougouei

2020

Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering Workshops

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“…We employed 5 stakeholders to estimate [35] the costs and values of requirements of the PMS. Each requirement r i was assigned an estimated cost of c i ∈ [1,20] and an estimated value of v i ∈ [1,20] by different stakeholders.…”

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“…However, several studies have argued that this assumption does not hold when interdependencies exist among requirements [14,18,11,19]. The reason is that software requirements affect each other's values due to the valuerelated dependencies among them [20,21,22,23,24,25,14,26]. As a result, excluded requirements may impact the values of selected requirements that depend on them.…”

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Modeling and Selection of Interdependent Software Requirements Using Fuzzy Graphs

Mougouei

Powers

2017

Int. J. Fuzzy Syst.

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Software requirement selection is to find an optimal set of requirements that gives the highest value for a release of software while keeping the cost within the budget. However, value-related dependencies among software requirements may impact the value of an optimal set. Moreover, value-related dependencies can be of varying strengths. Hence, it is important to consider both the existence and the strengths of valuerelated dependencies during a requirement selection. The existing selection models however, either assume that software requirements are independent or they ignore strengths of requirement dependencies. This paper presents a cost-value optimization model that considers the impacts of value-related requirement dependencies on the value of selected requirements (optimal set). We have exploited algebraic structure of fuzzy graphs for modeling value-related requirement dependencies and their strengths. Validity and practicality of the work are verified through carrying out several simulations and studying a real world software project.

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“…Moreover, the extant release planning models do not take into account the fact that the value of a software requirement may depend on the presence or absence of other requirements in the optimal set. Ignoring such Value Dependencies increases the risk of value loss through ignoring (selecting) requirements that positively (negatively) influence the values of other requirements [13], [9], [14], [15], [16], [17]. It is imperative that value dependencies are not limited to the economic value; they extend to a broader range of human values [18], [3].…”

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Human Values in Software Release Planning

Mougouei,

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Software products have become an integral part of human lives, and therefore need to account for human values such as privacy, fairness, and equality. Ignoring human values in software development leads to biases and violations of human values: racial biases in recidivism assessment and facial recognition software are well-known examples of such issues. One of the most critical steps in software development is Software Release Planning (SRP), where decisions are made about the presence or absence of the requirements (features) in the software. Such decisions are primarily guided by the economic value of the requirements, ignoring their impacts on a broader range of human values. That may result in ignoring (selecting) requirements that positively (negatively) impact human values, increasing the risk of value breaches in the software. To address this, we have proposed an Integer Programming approach to considering human values in software release planning. In this regard, an Integer Linear Programming (ILP) model has been proposed, that explicitly accounts for human values in finding an "optimal" subset of the requirements. The ILP model exploits the algebraic structure of fuzzy graphs to capture dependencies and conflicts among the values of the requirements.

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Dependency-aware release planning for software projects using fuzzy graphs and integer programming

Cited by 3 publications

References 84 publications

Engineering Human Values in Software through Value Programming

Engineering Human Values in Software through Value Programming

Modeling and Selection of Interdependent Software Requirements Using Fuzzy Graphs

Human Values in Software Release Planning

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