Representing component variability in configuration management

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Bayraktar, Gamze
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Reusability of assets within a family of products is the major goal of Software Product Line Engineering (SPLE), therefore managing variability is an important task in SPLs. Configuration management in the context of software product line engineering is more complicated than that in single systems engineering due to ”variability in space” in addition to ”variability in time” of core assets. In this study, a method for documenting variability in executable configuration items, namely components, is proposed by associating them with the Orthogonal Variability Model (OVM) which introduces variability as a separate model. The main aim is to trace variability in di erent configurations by explicitly documenting variability information for components. The links between OVM elements and components facilitate tool support for product derivation as the components matching the selected variations can be gathered by following the links. The proposed scheme is demonstrated on a case study about a radar GUI variability model.
Computer software., Computer software, Software configuration management., Software engineering., Software product line engineering.
http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614670/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/21979
Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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G. Bayraktar, “Representing component variability in configuration management,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2012.
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