NDLI: Restructuring Variability in Software Product Lines using Concept Analysis of Product Configurations

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Loesch, F. Ploedereder, E.
Copyright Year	2007
Description	Author affiliation: Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (Loesch, F.)
Abstract	The management of variability plays an important role in successful software product line engineering. As the set of products that is derived from the product line and their requirements are constantly changing, the variability in the product line needs to evolve as well. A typical problem in in such an evolution scenario is that the number of variable features and variants will explode, and thus become unmanageable. One of the reasons for this explosion is that obsolete variable features are not removed. In order to address this problem, we present a new method for restructuring and simplifying the provided variability in a software product line. Our method is based on concept analysis. It analyzes the realized variability in a software product line, and constructs a lattice that provides a classification of the usage of variable features in real products derived from the product line. We show how this classification can be used to derive restructuring strategies for variability that solve the problem of variability explosion. The effectiveness of our method is demonstrated by presenting a case study of restructuring the variability in a large industrial software product line
Starting Page	159
Ending Page	170
File Size	360912
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769528023
ISSN	15345351
DOI	10.1109/CSMR.2007.40
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2007-03-21
Publisher Place	Netherlands
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Explosions Lattices Chromium Technology management Engineering management Computer industry Software maintenance
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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