Leveraging Large Language Models for Reusable Requirements Management in Aerospace Software
The reuse of requirements artifacts is essential for software development, particularly in aerospace systems where high reliability and efficiency are paramount. However, current methods for managing these artifacts are predominantly manual and costly, as the artifacts are dispersed across multiple documents and exist in heterogeneous formats. Leveraging recent advances in large language models (LLMs) offers a promising opportunity for automating and scaling requirements reuse. Nonetheless, this approach faces two critical challenges: (1) encapsulating scattered, diverse requirement artifacts into coherent and reusable components, and (2) organizing these components into a structured, easily retrievable library. To address these challenges, we introduce AeroR, a novel format for encapsulating aerospace requirements artifacts, and propose AeroRM, an LLM-based method for automated requirements artifact management. AeroRM operates in two phases: first, it consolidates requirements from disparate sources into reusable components (i.e., AeroRs); then, it organizes these AeroRs into a hierarchical library to enable efficient retrieval. We validate AeroRM on artifacts from six aerospace projects, successfully encapsulating 1,624 AeroRs. A user study with senior engineers shows that 67% of sampled AeroRs are high-quality, and a comparative retrieval study across 12 configurations achieves a best-case Recall@10 exceeding 80%. These results demonstrate the potential of AeroRM to automate requirements reuse at scale, offering a practical solution for safety-critical domains.
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14:00 - 15:30 | Industry Focus (II)Industrial Innovation Track at Salon de Actos Chair(s): Andrea Wohlgemuth Utrecht University & FH Dortmund | ||
14:00 20mPaper | Leveraging Large Language Models for Reusable Requirements Management in Aerospace Software Industrial Innovation Track Yixing Luo Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, Yiping Wang Beijing Jiaotong University, Xiaofeng Li Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, Bin Gu Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, Zhi Jin Peking University | ||
14:20 20mPaper | From Domain Documents to Requirements: AI-Powered Retrieval-Augmented Generation in the Space Industry Industrial Innovation Track Chetan Arora Monash University, Fanyu Wang Monash University, Kla Tantithamthavorn Monash University and Atlassian, Aldeida Aleti Monash University, Shaun Kenyon Starbound Space Solutions Pre-print | ||
14:40 10mTalk | Methodology for Business Intelligence (BI) Governance Industrial Innovation Track Eva Polini professional | ||
14:50 10mTalk | Powering Deep Tech companies from Alicante to Europe Industrial Innovation Track Esteban Pelayo Villarejo Alicante Science Park | ||
15:00 10mTalk | Ad-hoc Requirements: Potentials and Challenges Industrial Innovation Track Andrea Wohlgemuth Utrecht University & FH Dortmund | ||
15:10 20mTalk | Open Space for Innovation Opportunities Industrial Innovation Track | ||