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Handling complex configurations in software product lines: a tooled approach

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Mireille Blay-Fornarino,

Philippe ColletAuthors Info & Claims

SPLC '14: Proceedings of the 18th International Software Product Line Conference - Volume 1

Pages 112 - 121

https://doi.org/10.1145/2648511.2648523

Published: 15 September 2014 Publication History

Abstract

As Software Product Lines (SPLs) are now more widely applied in new application fields such as IT or Web systems, complex and large-scale configurations have to be handled. In these fields, the strong domain orientation leads to the need to manage interrelated SPLs and multiple instances of configured sub-products, resulting in complex configurations that cannot be easily represented by simple sets of features. In this paper we propose a tooled approach to manage such SPLs through a domain model that interrelates several feature models in a consistent way. The approach thus shifts part of the domain knowledge to the problem space and supports the derivation of complex configurations with multiple instantiations and associations of sub-products. We also report on the application of our approach to an industrial-strength software development in the field of digital signage.

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Duszynski SDhar SBeichter T(2019)Using Relation Graphs for Improved Understanding of Feature Models in Software Product LinesProceedings of the 23rd International Systems and Software Product Line Conference - Volume A10.1145/3336294.3336317(309-319)Online publication date: 9-Sep-2019
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Carbonnel JHuchard MNebut C(2019)Exploring the Variability of Interconnected Product Families with Relational Concept AnalysisProceedings of the 23rd International Systems and Software Product Line Conference - Volume B10.1145/3307630.3342407(199-206)Online publication date: 9-Sep-2019
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Index Terms

Handling complex configurations in software product lines: a tooled approach
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development techniques
      1. Reusability
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Context specific languages
      1. Domain specific languages

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SPLC '14: Proceedings of the 18th International Software Product Line Conference - Volume 1

September 2014

377 pages

ISBN:9781450327404

DOI:10.1145/2648511

Editors:
Stefania Gnesi
ISTI-CNR, Italy
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Patrick Heymans
University of Namur, Belgium
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Julia Rubin
IBM Research, Israel
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Krzysztof Czarnecki
University of Waterloo, Canada
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Deepak Dhungana
Siemens AG, Austria
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Alessandro Fantechi
University of Florence, Italy
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University of Florence, Italy
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Stefania Gnesi
ISTI-CNR, Italy

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