Addressing the Integration Challenge for Avionics and Automotive Systems—From Components to Rich Services

Farcas, Claudiu; Farcas, Emilia; Krueger, Ingolf; Menarini, Massimiliano

doi:10.1109/jproc.2009.2039630

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“…The suppliers are free to implement any combination of functionalities and configurations. A consequence is that many suppliers offer different sets of similarly interacting functions that further results in mismatching behaviors and challenges for integration [7].…”

Section: Motivation From the Automotive Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Iterative refinement of specification for component based embedded systems

Shahbaz

Shashidhar

Eschbach

2011

Proceedings of the 2011 International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis

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The current practice of component based engineering raises concerns in industry when the specification of proprietary components suffers from inaccuracy and incompleteness. The engineers face difficulties in producing quality systems since they lack knowledge on the interoperability of components. In order to address this issue, we present a novel framework for iterative refinement of specification for component based systems. The novelty is the use of a preliminary behavioral model as a source for triggering refinement iterations. Moreover, it exploits rigorous formal techniques to achieve high-level system validation as an integral part of the refinement procedure. The framework has been evaluated on an automotive system in which the embedded software control units were developed by third-party vendors. The final results produced an improved formal system specification that identified several behaviors that were previously unknown

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Section: Motivation From the Automotive Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ideally, they should reflect their precise behaviors. However, practice shows that specifications are never complete and accurate [7]. Also, they are often available in textual format, whose informal semantics lead to misinterpretations in different engineering environments.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Iterative refinement of specification for component based embedded systems

Shahbaz

Shashidhar

Eschbach

2011

Proceedings of the 2011 International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis

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“…The matter becomes more complicated in GSD environment where the teams develop software units independently without having the bigger picture in mind when these units will be integrated into one unit. Thus, before embarking into the development of the software components/modules it is necessary to properly plan the integration strategy in advance …”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Software integration in global software development: Challenges for GSD vendors

Ilyas

Khan

2017

J Softw Evol Proc

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Context The advances in information and communication technologies have revolutionized the software development environment from local to global software development (GSD). This revolution also created challenges for vendor organizations. Vendors face challenges in integrating the components developed independently by GSD teams into a final working product. Objective The objectives of the current study is to find out those critical barriers/challenges that hinder the integration process at any stage in the GSD environment for different types and size of projects. Methodology For achieving the objectives we initially conducted a comprehensive systematic literature review (SLR). We searched 6 digital libraries and also followed the snowballing technique. The data was extracted from a total of 88 finally selected papers. Findings of the SLR study were then empirically validated through a questionnaire survey in GSD industry. A total of 96 experts from 22 different countries participated in the survey. Results We have found a total of 16 barriers/challenges among which ten barriers are ranked as critical barriers/challenges. Some of the top ranked barriers are “lack of communication,” “lack of proper documentation,” “lack of compatibility,” and “architecture mismatch.” The findings of our industrial survey are mostly coherent with the SLR findings. However, there is a difference in ranks of the various barriers/challenges across the 2 data sets (SLR and industrial survey). The identified challenges need to be properly addressed by software vendors to reduce the complexity of the integration process in GSD projects. Conclusion We found that the severity of these barriers increases in large size projects. On the other hand, bespoke products are more affected by “lack of communication,” while off‐the‐shelf–based projects face integration problems due to “lack of compatibility,” “architecture mismatch,” and “wrong off the shelf product selection and customization”.

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“…Similarly each team may be using a different process model and standards which will further complicate the integration process at the end [8]. In GSD, considering the integration problem late will make the project more problematic and will also increase the overall development cost [10]. Zafar, Ali et al [6] have identified 14 success and 11 failure factors, as shown in table-1, regarding product integration in GSD environment.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Software integration model for Global Software Development

Ilyas

Khan

2012

2012 15th International Multitopic Conference (INMIC)

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CONTEXT -Global Software Development (GSD) is an emerging trend to perform software development activities across national boundaries. Despite of the benefits gained from GSD, there are certain challenges associated with it. Among these challenges one of the critical challenge, which has got very little attention amongst the software engineering research community and industrial practitioners, is the integration of software products and components developed by distributed teams located at different locations. OBJECTIVE -The objective of this project is to develop a Software Integration Model (SIM) that will assist vendors to appropriately address the challenges and factors associated with software/product integration in all three stages i.e. before, during and after the integration process in GSD for different sized projects and various products types. METHODOLOGY -During first phase of the project we will conduct a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to identify the challenges and factors mentioned above. SLR is different from ordinary review because it is unbiased and works on a predefined protocol. In second phase an empirical study with the industry practitioners will be conducted to identify practices and to validate findings of the SLR. Case study approach will be used for evaluation of the SIM. EXPECTED OUTCOME -The expected outcome of this project is to identify the challenges and factors associated with software integration process. These factors in the long run will lead us to develop SIM, as discussed in the objective section.

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Addressing the Integration Challenge for Avionics and Automotive Systems—From Components to Rich Services

Cited by 25 publications

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Iterative refinement of specification for component based embedded systems

Iterative refinement of specification for component based embedded systems

Software integration in global software development: Challenges for GSD vendors

Software integration model for Global Software Development

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