The object constraint language: precise modeling with UML
The object constraint language: precise modeling with UML
Requirements engineering for product families
Proceedings of the 22nd international conference on Software engineering
Quality Attribute Design Primitives and the Attribute Driven Design Method
PFE '01 Revised Papers from the 4th International Workshop on Software Product-Family Engineering
Visual Variability Analysis for Goal Models
RE '04 Proceedings of the Requirements Engineering Conference, 12th IEEE International
Model-driven software product lines
OOPSLA '05 Companion to the 20th annual ACM SIGPLAN conference on Object-oriented programming, systems, languages, and applications
Software Product Line Engineering: Foundations, Principles and Techniques
Software Product Line Engineering: Foundations, Principles and Techniques
Model-Driven Software Development: Technology, Engineering, Management
Model-Driven Software Development: Technology, Engineering, Management
Model-driven Development of Complex Software: A Research Roadmap
FOSE '07 2007 Future of Software Engineering
Variability Driven Quality Evaluation in Software Product Lines
SPLC '08 Proceedings of the 2008 12th International Software Product Line Conference
Challenges in Software Product Line Composition
HICSS '09 Proceedings of the 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Quality prediction and assessment for product lines
CAiSE'03 Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Advanced information systems engineering
Automated analysis of feature models 20 years later: A literature review
Information Systems
Usage context as key driver for feature selection
SPLC'10 Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Software product lines: going beyond
Studying the Effect of Refactorings: A Complexity Metrics Perspective
QUATIC '10 Proceedings of the 2010 Seventh International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology
Reusing legacy systems in a service-oriented architecture: a model-based analysis
ER'10 Proceedings of the 2010 international conference on Advances in conceptual modeling: applications and challenges
Variability quality evaluation on component-based software product lines
Proceedings of the 15th International Software Product Line Conference, Volume 2
Software Systems Architecture: Working With Stakeholders Using Viewpoints and Perspectives
Software Systems Architecture: Working With Stakeholders Using Viewpoints and Perspectives
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Context: During the definition of software product lines (SPLs) it is necessary to choose the components that appropriately fulfil a product's intended functionalities, including its quality requirements (i.e., security, performance, scalability). The selection of the appropriate set of assets from many possible combinations is usually done manually, turning this process into a complex, time-consuming, and error-prone task. Objective: Our main objective is to determine whether, with the use of modeling tools, we can simplify and automate the definition process of a SPL, improving the selection process of reusable assets. Method: We developed a model-driven strategy based on the identification of critical points (sensitivity points) inside the SPL architecture. This strategy automatically selects the components that appropriately match the product's functional and quality requirements. We validated our approach experimenting with different real configuration and derivation scenarios in a mobile healthcare SPL where we have worked during the last three years. Results: Through our SPL experiment, we established that our approach improved in nearly 98% the selection of reusable assets when compared with the unassisted analysis selection. However, using our approach there is an increment in the time required for the configuration corresponding to the learning curve of the proposed tools. Conclusion: We can conclude that our domain-specific modeling approach significantly improves the software architect's decision making when selecting the most suitable combinations of reusable components in the context of a SPL.