Intellectual foundations for i*/iStar
             - past, present, and future

                                     Eric Yu

                             University of Toronto
                            eric.yu@utoronto.ca
                      http://www.cs.toronto.edu/∼eric



   Abstract. As a modeling framework aimed at addressing the needs of
   early requirements engineering, i* was inspired by concepts from a range
   of disciplines from distributed AI to software engineering to organization
   theories. With information technologies becoming ever more embedded in
   society and everyday life and in ever more intricate ways, the intellectual
   foundations that underlie requirements modeling techniques should be
   reviewed and updated from time to time. In this talk I will recall the
   concepts and ideas from various sources that provided foundations for the
   original i* language. Recognizing current and emerging needs, I suggest
   related fields and disciplines where future evolutions of social modeling
   languages such as i*/iStar might draw ideas from.

   Keywords: i*/iStar, foundations, history




Proceedings of the Ninth International i* Workshop (iStar 2016), CEUR Vol-1674