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Evolution in Dynamic Software Product Lines

Authors :
Luciano Baresi
Clément Quinton
Michael Vierhauser
Rick Rabiser
Christian Schuhmayer
Paul Grünbacher
Université de Lille
Self-adaptation for distributed services and large software systems (SPIRALS)
Inria Lille - Nord Europe
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Centre de Recherche en Informatique, Signal et Automatique de Lille (CRIStAL) - UMR 9189 (CRIStAL)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Ecole Centrale de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Ecole Centrale de Lille
Johannes Kepler University Linz [linz] (JKU)
Politecnico di Milano [Milan] (POLIMI)
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Centre de Recherche en Informatique, Signal et Automatique de Lille - UMR 9189 (CRIStAL)
Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz - Johannes Kepler University Linz [Autriche] (JKU)
The work by the Italian authors (when the work described in this paper started, the first author was still working at Politecnico di Milano) has beensupported by project EEB – Edifici A Zero Consumo Energetico In Distretti Urbani Intelligenti (Italian Technology Cluster For Smart Communities)– CTN01_00034_594053. Regarding the work by the Austrian authors the financial support by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs, the National Foundation for Research, Technology and Development, and Primetals Technologies is gratefully acknowledged.MichaelVierhauser’s work has also been supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) under Grant No. J3998- N31.
Johannes Kepler University Linz [Linz] (JKU)
Source :
Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2020, ⟨10.1002/smr.2293⟩, Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, 2020, ⟨10.1002/smr.2293⟩
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
HAL CCSD, 2020.

Abstract

International audience; Many software systems today provide support for adaptation and reconfiguration at runtime, in response to changes in their environment. Such adaptive systems are designed to run continuously and may not be shut down for reconfiguration or maintenance tasks. The variability of such systems has to be explicitly managed, together with mechanisms that control their runtime adaptation and reconfiguration. Dynamic software product lines (DSPLs) can help to achieve this. However, dealing with evolution is particularly challenging in a DSPL, as changes made at run-time can easily lead to inconsistencies. This paper describes the challenges of evolving DSPLs using an example cyber-physical system for home automation. We discuss the shortcomings of existing work and present a reference architecture to support DSPL evolution. To demonstrate its feasibility and flexibility, we implemented the proposed reference architecture for two different DSPLs: the aforementioned cyber-physical system, which uses feature models to describe its variability, and a runtime monitoring infrastructure, which is based on decision models. To assess the industrial applicability of our approach, we also implemented the reference architecture for a real-world DSPL, an automation software system for injection molding machines. Our results provide evidence on the flexibility, performance and industrial applicability of our approach.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20477481 and 20477473
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2020, ⟨10.1002/smr.2293⟩, Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, 2020, ⟨10.1002/smr.2293⟩
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....c47cdce15b54638e76aaf69edd97fafd
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1002/smr.2293⟩