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EXtracting product lines from vAriaNTs (EXPLANT)

Authors:

Sebastian Krieter,

Thomas LeichAuthors Info & Claims

VaMoS '20: Proceedings of the 14th International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems

Article No.: 13, Pages 1 - 2

https://doi.org/10.1145/3377024.3377046

Published: 06 February 2020 Publication History

Abstract

The project EXtracting Product Lines from vAriaNTs (EXPLANT) funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) is currently in its second phase. In this project, we are concerned with the stepwise migration of cloned variants into a software product line (i.e., the extractive approach of adopting systematic software reuse). While the extractive approach is the most common one in practice, many of its characteristics (e.g., processes, costs, best practices) are still unclear and tool support is limited (e.g., for feature location, refactoring, quality assurance). Within this extended abstract, we report on a selection of results we achieved in EXPLANT so far, and highlight our goals as well as opportunities for research collaborations in the second phase.

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Oliveria de Souza LSantana de Almeida ESilveira Neto PBarr EPetke J(2024)Software Product Line Engineering via Software TransplantationACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology10.1145/369598734:2(1-27)Online publication date: 20-Sep-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3695987
Krüger JMikulinski ASchulze SLeich TSaake G(2023)DSDGenProceedings of the 27th ACM International Systems and Software Product Line Conference - Volume B10.1145/3579028.3609015(47-56)Online publication date: 28-Aug-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3579028.3609015
Krieter SKrüger JLeich TSaake G(2023)VariantIncProceedings of the 27th ACM International Systems and Software Product Line Conference - Volume A10.1145/3579027.3608984(129-140)Online publication date: 28-Aug-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3579027.3608984

Index Terms

EXtracting product lines from vAriaNTs (EXPLANT)
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development techniques
      1. Reusability
        Software product lines
    2. Software post-development issues
      1. Software reverse engineering

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VaMoS '20: Proceedings of the 14th International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems

February 2020

184 pages

ISBN:9781450375016

DOI:10.1145/3377024

Editors:
Maxime Cordy
SnT/University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Mathieu Acher
University of Rennes 1, France
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Danilo Beuche
pure-systems Gmbh
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Gunter Saake
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany

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VaMoS '20: 14th International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems

February 5 - 7, 2020

Magdeburg, Germany

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Oliveria de Souza LSantana de Almeida ESilveira Neto PBarr EPetke J(2024)Software Product Line Engineering via Software TransplantationACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology10.1145/369598734:2(1-27)Online publication date: 20-Sep-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3695987
Krüger JMikulinski ASchulze SLeich TSaake G(2023)DSDGenProceedings of the 27th ACM International Systems and Software Product Line Conference - Volume B10.1145/3579028.3609015(47-56)Online publication date: 28-Aug-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3579028.3609015
Krieter SKrüger JLeich TSaake G(2023)VariantIncProceedings of the 27th ACM International Systems and Software Product Line Conference - Volume A10.1145/3579027.3608984(129-140)Online publication date: 28-Aug-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3579027.3608984

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