Integrating feature modeling with the RSEB

Griss, Martin; Favaro, John; D'Alessandro, M.

doi:10.1109/icsr.1998.685732

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“…Griss and colleagues have proposed integrating feature modeling as used in the FODA method into the Reuse-Driven Software Engineering Business (RSEB) method [15]. In the RSEB method, the domain is specified in the RSEB use-case model, which uses the standard methods for modeling relationships applying uses and extends relationships together with variation points among use cases 1 .…”

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Feature Interaction and Dependencies: Modeling Features for Reengineering a Legacy Product Line

Ferber

Haag

Savolainen

2002

Software Product Lines

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Abstract. Reengineering a legacy product line has been addressed very little by current product line research activities. This paper introduces a method to investigate feature dependencies and interactions, which restricts the variants that can be derived from the legacy product line assets. Reorganizing the product line assets with respect to new requirements requires more knowledge than what is easily provided by the classical feature-modeling approaches. Hence, adding all the feature dependencies and interactions into the feature tree results in unreadable and unmanageable feature models that fail to achieve their original goals. We therefore propose two complementary views to represent the feature model. One view shows the hierarchical refinement of features similar to common featuremodeling approaches in a feature tree. The second view describes what kind of dependencies and interactions there are between various features. We show two examples of feature dependencies and interactions in the context of an engine-control software product line, and we demonstrate how our approach helps to define correct product configurations from product line variants.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

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Feature Interaction and Dependencies: Modeling Features for Reengineering a Legacy Product Line

Ferber

Haag

Savolainen

2002

Software Product Lines

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“…FeatuRSEB is an extension of RSEB with an explicit domain analysis phase [12] based on FODA [16]. The feature model is used as a catalog of feature commonality and variability.…”

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Feature-Based Product Line Instantiation Using Source-Level Packages

Deursen

Jonge

Kuipers

2002

Software Product Lines

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“…Separation is required both when the card is incorrect electronically (sub-feature DF e ) and in case of printing failure (sub-feature DF p ). (Griss et al, 1998;Svahnberg et al, 2002;van Gurp, 2003). A traditional feature tree allows for representing compositions of features, specialization (inheritance) relations on features as well as mutual dependencies between features.…”

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“…However, it supports neither a proper overview of the requirements for the system under design (Felty and Namijoshi, 2003;Muller, 2004) nor a requirements reference model for configurable systems such as, for example, product lines. A possible alternative proposed in this area is a feature tree model (Griss et al, 1998;Svahnberg et al, 2002;van Gurp, 2003), which allows for a system's functional requirements to be gathered and presented in a compact and visualized form.…”

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A Feature Computation Tree Model to Specify Requirements and Reuse

Roubtsova¹,

Roubtsov

2006

Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems

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Abstract:A large subset of requirements for complex systems, services and product lines is traditionally specified by hierarchical structures of features. Features are usually gathered and represented in the form of a feature tree. The feature tree is a structural model. It represents mainly composition and specialization relations between features and does not provide the possibility to specify requirements in the form of ordering relations defined on functional features. Use case scenarios are usually employed for specification of the ordering relations. However, use case scenarios comprise isolated sequences of features, and therefore they may be inconsistent and even may contradict each other and the feature tree. Moreover, some use case scenarios defining relations on features may be incomplete. In order to support consistent specification of requirements, we suggest using a pair of related models: a feature tree model and a feature computation tree model. The pair of such related feature tree models provides the basis for the method of consistency checks of requirements. It introduces a united view on the system's behavior at the stage of requirement specification and facilitates specification of forbidden sequences and construction complete sequences from incomplete ones. It allows designers to precisely specify the desired reuse and to find that a certain sort of reuse is not possible. Understanding already at the stage of requirements engineering that a subsystem cannot be reused without modification saves effort and money spent on development. The proposed method and models are explained using a case study of design of a system for electronic cards production.

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Integrating feature modeling with the RSEB

Cited by 266 publications

References 7 publications

Feature Interaction and Dependencies: Modeling Features for Reengineering a Legacy Product Line

Feature Interaction and Dependencies: Modeling Features for Reengineering a Legacy Product Line

Feature-Based Product Line Instantiation Using Source-Level Packages

A Feature Computation Tree Model to Specify Requirements and Reuse

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