Feature modelling and traceability for concern-driven software development with TouchCORE

Schöttle, Matthias; Thimmegowda, Nishanth; Alam, Omar; Kienzle, Jörg; Mussbacher, Gunter

doi:10.1145/2735386.2735922

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“…1 shows a feature model [10] that captures all the available features that are supported. All figures in this paper were drawn using the TouchCORE tool [21]. Authentication has a mandatory Authentication Means feature that may either be Password that can be extended with the optional Password Expiry feature, or Biometrics that requires at least Retinal Scan or Voice Recognition.…”

Section: Incremental Workflow Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

A composition algorithm for reusable workflow models

Devine

Alam

Kienzle

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 23rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems: Companion Proceedi

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The use of model composition algorithms is becoming more widespread. For example, model composition can be applied in the context of Software Product Lines when integrating optional features, or when reusing models in multiple contexts. While composition of structural models is relatively straightforward, behavioural composition is more challenging. In this paper, we propose a composition algorithm for workflow-oriented (modelling) languages, and show how the same algorithm can be reused to compose models expressed with two different requirement modelling languages: Use Case Maps (UCM) and Use Case Specifications (UCS). Despite UCM being a graphical language and UCS being a textual language, both modelling languages model software/system functionality by describing a series of responsibilities or steps. We discuss the effectiveness of our algorithm using an example and a case study. CCS CONCEPTS • Software and its engineering → System modeling languages; Abstraction, modeling and modularity; Reusability; Software design engineering; Model-driven software engineering.

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Section: Incremental Workflow Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

A composition algorithm for reusable workflow models

Devine

Alam

Kienzle

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 23rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems: Companion Proceedi

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“…The conception of a new design model can be obtained by the composition of available design models in the registry. This work has been improved with TouchCORE [52] which furnish new features for model visualization, model editing model assessment and composition traceability.…”

Section: In Lopmentioning

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A Practical Approach for Extending DSMLs by Composing their Metamodels

Abouzahra¹,

Sabraoui²,

Afdel³

2018

Adv. sci. technol. eng. syst. j.

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Domain specific modeling (DSM) has become popular in the software development field during these last years. It allows to design an application using a domain specific modeling language (DSML) and to generate an end-solution software product directly from models. However providing a new DSML is a complex and costly job. This can be reduced by the reuse of existing DSMLs to compose new ones trough a metamodel composition approach. This paper provides a composition rules based code generator facility for extending DSMLs. In doing so, it proposes three rules to compose DSMLs by composing there metamodels: reference rule, specialization rule and fusion rule. The results of an exploratory case study on using these rules are depicted. In addition a proof of concept of the code generator facility which generates the necessary infrastructure to quickly build new DSMLs is implemented and applied to the case study. The benefits of our approach are measured relying on three indicators: the reduced development time, the reused software components and the gain on learnability.

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“…While tool support has already been identified as important in MDE in general , it is unfortunately even more so in CORE. Currently, there are two CORE‐enabled tools, jUCMNav , an Eclipse‐based requirements modelling tool for workflow and goal modelling, and TouchCORE , a multitouch‐based software design modelling tool for class, sequence and state diagrams. In addition to providing model‐editing capabilities, the CORE tools run complex algorithms to evaluate the validity of feature configurations and their impacts.…”

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Modelling a family of systems for crisis management with concern‐oriented reuse

2016

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Summary Concern‐oriented reuse (CORE) proposes the concern as a new unit of model‐based reuse encapsulating software artefacts pertaining to a domain of interest that span multiple development phases and levels of abstraction. With CORE, a concern encapsulates multiple reusable features, while allowing its generic models to be customized to problem‐specific contexts. We report on our experience of designing a family of crisis management systems (CMS) with the help of reusable concern libraries. The collected metrics show a considerable amount of reuse in our CMS design. The study provides encouraging evidence that CORE's vision to create large‐scale, generic and reusable entities that are expressed with the most appropriate modelling formalisms at the right level of abstraction is feasible. We present our experience in the design of the CMS and elaborate on the advantages as well as the efforts required to adopt CORE in an industrial setting. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Feature modelling and traceability for concern-driven software development with TouchCORE

Cited by 24 publications

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A composition algorithm for reusable workflow models

A composition algorithm for reusable workflow models

A Practical Approach for Extending DSMLs by Composing their Metamodels

Modelling a family of systems for crisis management with concern‐oriented reuse

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