REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION ANALYZER

THE ASSOCIATED CORPORATION PROPOSES TO INVESTIGATE AN INTERRELATED THREE-PART KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM HAVING A NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, AN EXPERT SYSTEM ANALYZER AND A NATURAL LANGUAGE GENERATOR. TECHNIQUES USING A LEXICALLY/SEMANTICALLY/FUNCTIONALLY FOCUSED DICTIONARY, PARSER, ANALYSER WHICH TAKES ADVANTAGE OF REPETITIVE LEXICAL STRINGS ARE PROPOSED FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING. INVESTIGATION OF A FRAME BASED STRUCTURE OF INTERRELATED MODULES, OPEN ENDED KNOWLEDGE BASE AND INTERACTIVE EXPERT SYSTEM ANALYZER IS PROPOSED FOR THE AUTOMATED SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION ANALYZER (ASRSA) SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE. THIS FIVE PART STUDY-EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WILL: A) IDENTIFY THE ASRSA SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND DEVELOP THE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE; B) DEFINE AND ELICIT THE METHODOLOGY AND HEURISTIC/PROCEDURAL RULES USED BY EXPERT ANALYSTS; C) CONDUCT INITIAL EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT OF SELECTED HIGH RISK AREAS; D) CONDUCT A VENDOR SURVEY OF OPTICAL CHARACTER READERS (OCRS); AND E) PREPARE FUNCTIONAL AND PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS TO BE USED FOR PHASE II DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXPERT ASRSA SYSTEM.