An Ontology based approach to requirements reuse problem in software product lines

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Karataş, Elif Kamer

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With new paradigms in software engineering such as Software Product Lines, scope of reuse is enlarged from implementation upto design, requirements, test-cases, etc. In this thesis an ontology-based approach is proposed as a solution to systematic requirement reuse problem in software product lines, and the approach is supported with a reuse automation tool. A case study is performed on the projects of an industrial software product line using hereby proposed solution and then based on the evaluated metrics it’s reported that the content of requirements specifications documents can be prepared upto 80% by derivation of reusable requirements.

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Software reengineering., Software refactoring., Software configuration management., Software product line engineering.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614615/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/21735

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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E. K. Karataş, “An Ontology based approach to requirements reuse problem in software product lines,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2012.