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101. An industrial experience of using reference architectures for mapping features to code.

Author

Ignaim, Karam, Fernandes, João M., and Ferreira, André L.

Subjects
*SOFTWARE engineers, *PRODUCT lines, *SOFTWARE engineering
Abstract

Software Product Lines (SPLs) constitute a popular method for encouraging the methodical reuse of software artefacts. Just like any other piece of software, SPLs require management throughout their evolution, namely to preserve the consistency between requirements and the code. Over time, for a given SPL, many change requests are made and all of them need to be integrated in a consistent and coordinated way. The evolution of an SPL is facilitated if there exist links between its artefacts, namely between each feature and its respective pieces of implementation code. This paper proposes FMap, a systematic feature mapping approach to be used within SPLs. FMap traces a Feature Model (FM) to other artefacts of an SPL, the reference architecture, and the code, and it establishes connections between each feature of the FM and its locations in the code-base. Additionally, we have created a tool called friendlyMapper to provide some automatic support for the approach. Using two case studies from two different companies, FMap and friendlyMapper are evaluated. The evaluation of the case studies indicates that the FMap approach outperforms the baseline approach (i.e., the branching approach). This work contributes with FMap, a novel tool-based approach that supports feature-architecture-code mappings based on reference architecture. FMap assists software engineers in adapting the evolution of the SPLs to accommodate new features and change requests as the SPLs evolve. The case studies for both companies demonstrate that the approach is applicable to real-world products and is able to support feature traceability and maintain consistency among features, architecture, and code. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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104. Requirements Prioritization Decision Rule Improvement for Software Product Line Evolution

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Inoki, Mari, Kitagawa, Takayuki, Diniz Junqueira Barbosa, Simone, Series editor, Chen, Phoebe, Series editor, Du, Xiaoyong, Series editor, Filipe, Joaquim, Series editor, Kara, Orhun, Series editor, Kotenko, Igor, Series editor, Liu, Ting, Series editor, Sivalingam, Krishna M., Series editor, Washio, Takashi, Series editor, Lee, Seok-Won, editor, and Nakatani, Takako, editor

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2016
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105. Model Checking Feature Interactions

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Le Guilly, Thibaut, Olsen, Petur, Pedersen, Thomas, Ravn, Anders P., Skou, Arne, Diniz Junqueira Barbosa, Simone, Series editor, Chen, Phoebe, Series editor, Du, Xiaoyong, Series editor, Filipe, Joaquim, Series editor, Kara, Orhun, Series editor, Liu, Ting, Series editor, Kotenko, Igor, Series editor, Sivalingam, Krishna M., Series editor, Washio, Takashi, Series editor, Lorenz, Pascal, editor, Cardoso, Jorge, editor, Maciaszek, Leszek A., editor, and van Sinderen, Marten, editor

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2016
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107. Systems of Partial Differential Equations in ExaSlang

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Schmitt, Christian, Kuckuk, Sebastian, Hannig, Frank, Teich, Jürgen, Köstler, Harald, Rüde, Ulrich, Lengauer, Christian, Barth, Timothy J., Series editor, Griebel, Michael, Series editor, Keyes, David E., Series editor, Nieminen, Risto M., Series editor, Roose, Dirk, Series editor, Schlick, Tamar, Series editor, Bungartz, Hans-Joachim, editor, Neumann, Philipp, editor, and Nagel, Wolfgang E., editor

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2016
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109. Family-Based Modeling and Analysis for Probabilistic Systems – Featuring ProFeat

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Chrszon, Philipp, Dubslaff, Clemens, Klüppelholz, Sascha, Baier, Christel, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, Stevens, Perdita, editor, and Wąsowski, Andrzej, editor

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2016
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110. Software Variability Composition and Abstraction in Robot Control Systems

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Brugali, Davide, Valota, Mauro, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, Gervasi, Osvaldo, editor, Murgante, Beniamino, editor, Misra, Sanjay, editor, Rocha, Ana Maria A.C., editor, Torre, Carmelo M., editor, Taniar, David, editor, Apduhan, Bernady O., editor, Stankova, Elena, editor, and Wang, Shangguang, editor

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2016
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111. Supporting Variability Exploration and Resolution During Model Migration

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Di Ruscio, Davide, Etzlstorfer, Juergen, Iovino, Ludovico, Pierantonio, Alfonso, Schwinger, Wieland, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, Wąsowski, Andrzej, editor, and Lönn, Henrik, editor

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2016
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112. Associations in MDE: A Concern-Oriented, Reusable Solution

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Bensoussan, Céline, Schöttle, Matthias, Kienzle, Jörg, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, Wąsowski, Andrzej, editor, and Lönn, Henrik, editor

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2016
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113. Abstractions, Semantic Models and Analysis Tools for Concurrent Systems: Progress and Open Problems : (Extended Abstract)

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Agha, Gul, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, De Nicola, Rocco, editor, and Kühn, Eva, editor

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2016
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114. Model Checking at Scale: Automated Air Traffic Control Design Space Exploration

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Gario, Marco, Cimatti, Alessandro, Mattarei, Cristian, Tonetta, Stefano, Rozier, Kristin Yvonne, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, Chaudhuri, Swarat, editor, and Farzan, Azadeh, editor

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2016
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115. A Tool Environment for Managing Families of Model Transformation Rules

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Strüber, Daniel, Schulz, Stefan, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, Echahed, Rachid, editor, and Minas, Mark, editor

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2016
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116. Applying Incremental Model Slicing to Product-Line Regression Testing

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Lity, Sascha, Morbach, Thomas, Thüm, Thomas, Schaefer, Ina, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, Kapitsaki, Georgia M., editor, and Santana de Almeida, Eduardo, editor

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2016
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117. Feature Location in Model-Based Software Product Lines Through a Genetic Algorithm

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Font, Jaime, Arcega, Lorena, Haugen, Øystein, Cetina, Carlos, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, Kapitsaki, Georgia M., editor, and Santana de Almeida, Eduardo, editor

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2016
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118. A Generalised Theory of Interface Automata, Component Compatibility and Error

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Fendrich, Sascha, Lüttgen, Gerald, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, Ábrahám, Erika, editor, and Huisman, Marieke, editor

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2016
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119. On Type Checking Delta-Oriented Product Lines

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Damiani, Ferruccio, Lienhardt, Michael, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, Ábrahám, Erika, editor, and Huisman, Marieke, editor

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2016
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120. Typed Connector Families

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Proença, José, Clarke, Dave, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, Braga, Christiano, editor, and Ölveczky, Peter Csaba, editor

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2016
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121. Finding Suitable Variability Abstractions for Family-Based Analysis

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Dimovski, Aleksandar S., Brabrand, Claus, Wąsowski, Andrzej, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, Fitzgerald, John, editor, Heitmeyer, Constance, editor, Gnesi, Stefania, editor, and Philippou, Anna, editor

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2016
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122. Refactoring Delta-Oriented Product Lines to Enforce Guidelines for Efficient Type-Checking

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Damiani, Ferruccio, Lienhardt, Michael, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, and Margaria, Tiziana, editor

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2016
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123. Identifying Variability in Object-Oriented Code Using Model-Based Code Mining

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Wille, David, Tiede, Michael, Schulze, Sandro, Seidl, Christoph, Schaefer, Ina, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, and Margaria, Tiziana, editor

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2016
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124. Variability-Based Design of Services for Smart Transportation Systems

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ter Beek, Maurice H., Fantechi, Alessandro, Gnesi, Stefania, Semini, Laura, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, and Margaria, Tiziana, editor

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2016
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125. Introduction to the Track on Variability Modeling for Scalable Software Evolution

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Damiani, Ferruccio, Seidl, Christoph, Yu, Ingrid Chieh, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, and Margaria, Tiziana, editor

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2016
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126. Towards Incremental Validation of Railway Systems

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Hähnle, Reiner, Muschevici, Radu, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, and Margaria, Tiziana, editor

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2016
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127. Formal Methods and Safety Certification: Challenges in the Railways Domain

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Fantechi, Alessandro, Ferrari, Alessio, Gnesi, Stefania, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, and Margaria, Tiziana, editor

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2016
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128. Correctness-by-Construction Deep Comprehension of Algorithm Families

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Cleophas, Loek, Kourie, Derrick G., Pieterse, Vreda, Schaefer, Ina, Watson, Bruce W., Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, and Margaria, Tiziana, editor

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2016
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129. Statistical Model Checking for Product Lines

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ter Beek, Maurice H., Legay, Axel, Lluch Lafuente, Alberto, Vandin, Andrea, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, and Margaria, Tiziana, editor

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2016
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130. Deductive Verification of Legacy Code

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Beckert, Bernhard, Bormer, Thorsten, Grahl, Daniel, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, and Margaria, Tiziana, editor

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2016
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131. A Long and Winding Road Towards Modular Synthesis

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Heineman, George T., Bessai, Jan, Düdder, Boris, Rehof, Jakob, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, and Margaria, Tiziana, editor

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2016
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132. ModSyn-PP: Modular Synthesis of Programs and Processes Track Introduction

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Düdder, Boris, Heineman, George T., Rehof, Jakob, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, and Margaria, Tiziana, editor

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2016
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133. Combinatory Process Synthesis

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Bessai, Jan, Dudenhefner, Andrej, Düdder, Boris, Martens, Moritz, Rehof, Jakob, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, and Margaria, Tiziana, editor

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2016
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134. AVMf: An Open-Source Framework and Implementation of the Alternating Variable Method

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McMinn, Phil, Kapfhammer, Gregory M., Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, Sarro, Federica, editor, and Deb, Kalyanmoy, editor

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2016
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135. Good Change and Bad Change: An Analysis Perspective on Software Evolution

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Lindvall, Mikael, Becker, Martin, Tenev, Vasil, Duszynski, Slawomir, Hinchey, Mike, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, and Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor

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2016
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136. Proof Repositories for Compositional Verification of Evolving Software Systems : Managing Change When Proving Software Correct

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Bubel, Richard, Damiani, Ferruccio, Hähnle, Reiner, Johnsen, Einar Broch, Owe, Olaf, Schaefer, Ina, Yu, Ingrid Chieh, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, and Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor

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2016
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143. Variability modeling of coal mine safety monitoring and control field

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YUAN Yaru, XIE Binhong, PAN Lihu, and ZHANG Yingjun

Subjects
coal mine safety monitoring and control, software product line, variability model, reusable framework, Mining engineering. Metallurgy, TN1-997
Abstract

Traditional software development methods rarely can reuse accumulated development experiments when developed same system, and cause vast repetitive work. In view of the problem, development method of software product line was proposed and applied into the software development for coal mine safety monitoring and control system. On the basis of analysis of product line of the system, relationships among characteristics of the system were discussed according to commonality and variability characteristics of the system, variability model of the coal mine safety monitoring and control field based on feature modeling method of variability was built. The model can effectively manage variability of the system, and can quickly complete requirements analysis of specific customized monitoring and control system under guidance of the characteristics dependency rules at the same time, which lays foundation for following realization of reusable framework in the coal mine safety monitoring and control field.

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2017
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144. A Comparison of Visualization Concepts and Tools for Variant-Rich System Engineering

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Chen, Siyue, Cleophas, Loek, Krüger, Jacob, Chen, Siyue, Cleophas, Loek, and Krüger, Jacob

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Software product-line engineering is concerned with developing a set of similar, yet customized, software systems that share a common codebase. To develop such a variant-rich system, various development processes, techniques, and tools have been studied in research and are used in practice. Specifically, to help developers manage the complexity of developing large-scale variant-rich systems, researchers have proposed visualizations to visually present different properties of such systems and their engineering - -such as feature models, configurations, the similarity of variants, or process traces. Two recent mapping studies have systematically elicited the state-of-the-art on such visualizations, but neither of them provides a comparative analysis of the underlying visualization concepts and tools. In this paper, we report a qualitative meta-analysis of the 64 papers that we primarily selected from these two mapping studies. Advancing on the previous studies, we compare the use cases, pros, cons, and relations between visualization concepts and tools used with respect to engineering variant-rich systems. Our results provide insights - -orthogonal to those from the mapping studies - -regarding the purposes for which visualization concepts are used and the tools that are available to implement these concepts. The overview we provide can help researchers as well as practitioners decide to use specific established visualization concepts or design new ones, and identify tools that can help them to implement these.

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2023

145. Applying QoS in FaaS Applications: A Software Product Line Approach

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Pablo Serrano-Gutierrez and Inmaculada Ayala and Lidia Fuentes, Serrano-Gutierrez, Pablo, Ayala, Inmaculada, Fuentes, Lidia, Pablo Serrano-Gutierrez and Inmaculada Ayala and Lidia Fuentes, Serrano-Gutierrez, Pablo, Ayala, Inmaculada, and Fuentes, Lidia

Abstract

A FaaS system offers numerous advantages for the developer of microservices-based systems since they do not have to worry about the infrastructure that supports them or scaling and maintenance tasks. However, applying quality of service (QoS) policies in this kind of application is not easy. The high number of functions an application can have, and its various implementations introduce a high variability that requires a mechanism to decide which functions are more appropriate to achieve specific goals. We propose a Software Product Line based approach that uses feature models that model the application’s tasks and operations, considering the family of services derived from the multiple functions that can perform a specific procedure. Through an optimisation process, the system obtains an optimal configuration that it will use to direct service requests to the most appropriate functions to meet specific QoS requirements.

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2023
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146. Generative AI for Reengineering Variants into Software Product Lines: An Experience Report

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Acher, Mathieu, Martinez, Jabier, Diversity-centric Software Engineering (DiverSe), Inria Rennes – Bretagne Atlantique, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-LANGAGE ET GÉNIE LOGICIEL (IRISA-D4), Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), TECNALIA France, and Tecnalia

Subjects
software product line, reverse engineering, variant, generative AI, variability, large language model, [INFO]Computer Science [cs], [INFO.INFO-SE]Computer Science [cs]/Software Engineering [cs.SE], configuration
Abstract

International audience; The migration and reengineering of existing variants into a software product line (SPL) is an error-prone and time-consuming activity. Many extractive approaches have been proposed, spanning different activities from feature identification and naming to the synthesis of reusable artefacts. In this paper, we explore how large language model (LLM)-based assistants can support domain analysts and developers. We revisit four illustrative cases of the literature where the challenge is to migrate variants written in different formalism (UML class diagrams, Java, GraphML, statecharts). We systematically report on our experience with ChatGPT-4, describing our strategy to prompt LLMs and documenting positive aspects but also failures. We compare the use of LLMs with state-of-the-art approach, BUT4Reuse. While LLMs offer potential in assisting domain analysts and developers in transitioning software variants into SPLs, their intrinsic stochastic nature and restricted ability to manage large variants or complex structures necessitate a semiautomatic approach, complete with careful review, to counteract inaccuracies.

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2023
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147. VASCO: Variability Specification in Business Process Models

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Taffo Tiam, Raoul, Seriai, Abdelhak-Djamel, Michel, Raphael, van der Aalst, Wil, Series editor, Mylopoulos, John, Series editor, Rosemann, Michael, Series editor, Shaw, Michael J., Series editor, Szyperski, Clemens, Series editor, Hammoudi, Slimane, editor, Maciaszek, Leszek, editor, Teniente, Ernest, editor, Camp, Olivier, editor, and Cordeiro, José, editor

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2015
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149. RoboSeT: A Tool to Support Cataloging and Discovery of Services for Service-Oriented Robotic Systems

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Oliveira, Lucas Bueno Ruas, Amaral, Felipe Augusto, Martins, Diogo B., Oquendo, Flavio, Nakagawa, Elisa Yumi, Diniz Junqueira Barbosa, Simone, Series editor, Chen, Phoebe, Series editor, Du, Xiaoyong, Series editor, Filipe, Joaquim, Series editor, Kara, Orhun, Series editor, Kotenko, Igor, Series editor, Liu, Ting, Series editor, Sivalingam, Krishna M., Series editor, Washio, Takashi, Series editor, Osório, Fernando S., editor, Wolf, Denis Fernando, editor, Castelo Branco, Kalinka, editor, Grassi Jr., Valdir, editor, Becker, Marcelo, editor, and Romero, Roseli, editor

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2015
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