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Towards an ontology-based approach for deriving product architectures

Authors:

Hector A. Duran-Limon,

Francisco E. Castillo-Barrera,

Roberto E. Lopez-HerrejonAuthors Info & Claims

SPLC '11: Proceedings of the 15th International Software Product Line Conference, Volume 2

Article No.: 29, Pages 1 - 5

https://doi.org/10.1145/2019136.2019169

Published: 21 August 2011 Publication History

Abstract

Software product line (SPL) engineering has proven to improve software quality and shorten costs and development time. An important aspect in the product line development process involves variability, which is the ability of a system for being customised, changed, or extended. Approaches are required for modelling and resolving variability as well as for verifying the selections. In this paper, we outline our ongoing research towards an approach that automates the derivation of product architectures from an SPL architecture. The proposed approach relies on ontology-based reasoning and model-driven techniques, the former supports the validation of the generated architectures and the generation of the transformation rules while the latter realises the actual target product architectures. We sketch our approach with a voice over IP case example.

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Losavio FOrdaz O(2015)Quality-based heuristic for optimal product derivation in Software Product Lines2015 Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA)10.1109/ITechA.2015.7317382(125-131)Online publication date: Sep-2015
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Index Terms

Towards an ontology-based approach for deriving product architectures
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Knowledge representation and reasoning
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. System description languages
  2. Software organization and properties
    1. Software system structures
      1. Software architectures

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SPLC '11: Proceedings of the 15th International Software Product Line Conference, Volume 2

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DOI:10.1145/2019136

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Lung CBalasubramaniam BSelvarajah KElankeswaran PGopalasundaram U(2018)On building architecture-centric product line architectureRequirements Engineering10.1007/s00766-014-0201-320:3(301-321)Online publication date: 24-Dec-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s00766-014-0201-3
Losavio FOrdaz O(2015)Quality-based heuristic for optimal product derivation in Software Product Lines2015 Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA)10.1109/ITechA.2015.7317382(125-131)Online publication date: Sep-2015
https://doi.org/10.1109/ITechA.2015.7317382
Gonzalez-Huerta JInsfran EAbrahão S(2015)Models in Software Architecture Derivation and Evaluation: Challenges and OpportunitiesModel-Driven Engineering and Software Development10.1007/978-3-319-25156-1_2(12-31)Online publication date: 11-Dec-2015
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25156-1_2
Insfran EAbrahão SGonzález-Huerta JMcGregor JRamos I(2013)A Multimodeling Approach for Quality-Driven Architecture DerivationBuilding Sustainable Information Systems10.1007/978-1-4614-7540-8_16(205-218)Online publication date: 17-Oct-2013
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