Journal Article10.1080/01449299208924323
Analogously based reusability
Neil Maiden,Alistair Sutcliffe +1 more
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TL;DR: Analysis and problem-solving strategies used by analysts to understand and reuse the analogous specification revealed that painstaking and careful reuse of the specification was a critical determinant of analytic success, although results varied by individual.
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Abstract: A study is reported in which 10 expert analysts were requested to reuse a specification to develop a solution for an analogous problem. The study examined analytic and problem-solving strategies used by analysts to understand and reuse the analogous specification. Results revealed that painstaking and careful reuse of the specification was a critical determinant of analytic success, although results varied by individual. However, the reusable specification proved less effective for evaluation of the analyst's solution. Analysts preferred to assimilate and understand the analogy from a narrative describing the underlying reusable domain rather than from the reusable specification, hence knowledge about the problem domain appeared to be more important than solution knowledge in determining the analogy. Strategies employed by expert analysts have implications for didactic and reuse strategies incorporated in an intelligent advisor to assist inexperienced analysts to reuse analogous specifications.
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