@misc{8709,
  author = {Sunil Nair and Jose de la Vara and Sagar Sen},
  title = {Traceability Research at the Requirements Engineering Conference: Results and Extracted Data},
  abstract = {Traceability between development artifacts and mainly from and to requirements plays a major role in system lifecycle, supporting activities such as validation, change impact analysis, and regulation compliance. Many researchers have been working on this topic and have published their work throughout editions of the Requirements Engineering Conference. This paper aims to analyze the research on traceability published at this conference and provides insights into its contribution to the traceability area. For this purpose, papers on traceability in the proceedings of the conference have been reviewed for determination of (1) the traceability topics studied, (2) the challenges addressed, (3) the contributions made, (4) the tools features developed to support traceability, (5) the types of systems considered, (6) the types of artifacts traced, (7) the empirical methods used, and (8) the leaders in production. The paper also discusses the evolution of the topic at the conference, compares the results with those reported in other publications, and proposes aspects on which further research should be conducted.},
  year = {2012},
  number = {2012-22},
  publisher = {Simula Research Laboratory},
}