Spreadsheet-based logic controller for teaching fundamentals of requirements engineering

Hanania T. Salzer*, Ilya Levin

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Abstract

The paper introduces a new idea of using spreadsheets for teaching basics of the discipline called requirements engineering. The discipline is familiar to those dealing with design of complex systems. To this purpose, the authors propose utilizing a specific spreadsheet-based logical simulator. For simulating a computer system on the level of its initial specifications the authors developed a dedicated so-called requirements simulator (RS). For building the simulator, students have to separate the system requirements into a number of abstraction levels. The paper presents a real example of designing RS for the control part of the well-known PARWAN microprocessor using a spreadsheet.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)939-948
Number of pages10
JournalInternational Journal of Engineering Education
Volume20
Issue number6
StatePublished - 2004

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