Survey of works that transform requirements into UML diagrams

Abstract

In this paper, we aim to cover works that are related to the process of transforming requirements into UML diagrams, from the first works which were manual techniques in 1976, to automatic tools in 2015. In this context, we try to exhibit different approaches and to indicate their strength as well as their shortcomings. This work will help us to evaluate existing approaches and propose other alternatives for Requirement Engineering. The objective of this paper is to present an overview of various works dedicated to requirement analysis and a comparative study of these works. Also, we tried to discuss the combination of Artificial Intelligence with Requirement Engineering.