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Usage scenarios for feature model synthesis

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Krzysztof Czarnecki,

Andrzej WąsowskiAuthors Info & Claims

VARY '12: Proceedings of the VARiability for You Workshop: Variability Modeling Made Useful for Everyone

Pages 15 - 20

https://doi.org/10.1145/2425415.2425419

Published: 30 September 2012 Publication History

Abstract

Feature models are menu-like hierarchies of features (i.e., configuration options) used in variability-rich software. Feature models have many applications such as domain analysis, describing design and implementation constraints in software, or for product configuration. The many applications of feature models have given rise to a wide range of scenarios involving feature model synthesis.

Feature model synthesis is the process of building a feature model for a given set of features and their allowed combinations, expressed as feature dependencies or feature configurations. We describe and classify software re-engineering scenarios involving feature model synthesis found in literature and industry. We analyze these scenarios to derive requirements for feature model synthesis techniques.

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Index Terms

Usage scenarios for feature model synthesis
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Modeling and simulation
    1. Model development and analysis
      1. Model verification and validation

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VARY '12: Proceedings of the VARiability for You Workshop: Variability Modeling Made Useful for Everyone

September 2012

39 pages

ISBN:9781450318099

DOI:10.1145/2425415

Conference Chairs:
Øystein Haugen
SINTEF, Forskningsveien, Oslo, Norway
,
Jean-Marc Jezequel
University of Rennes, IRISA, Rennes, France
,
Andrzej Wąsowski
IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
,
Birger Møller-Pedersen
University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway
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Krzysztof Czarnecki
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

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