Analyzing variability of cloned artifacts: Formal framework and its application to requirements

Iris Reinhartz-Berger; Anna Zamansky; Mark Kemelman

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19237-6_20

Analyzing variability of cloned artifacts: Formal framework and its application to requirements

Iris Reinhartz-Berger, Anna Zamansky, Mark Kemelman

Department of Information Systems

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Abstract

Software Product Line Engineering (SPLE) promotes systematic reuse through variability mechanisms, such as configuration, parameterization, and inheritance. In reality, however, such reuse is many times done ad-hoc, resulting in several clones of the same product artifact which need to be managed in all development stages. To address this need, we provide in this paper a formal framework to represent dimensions of variability, which can be applied for identifying and analyzing variability automatically. The framework is based on the assumption that software artifacts can be modeled as graphs, and variability can be analyzed through examining the properties of mappings between the elements of these graphs. We demonstrate the potential usefulness of our framework by applying it to identify and analyze variability of functional requirements written in a natural language.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 16th International Conference, BPMDS 2015 20th International Conference, EMMSAD 2015, Proceedings
Editors	Selmin Nurcan, Sérgio Guerreiro, Khaled Gaaloul, Qin Ma, Rainer Schmidt
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	311-325
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319192369
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19237-6_20
State	Published - 2015
Event	16th International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support, BPMDS 2015 and 20th International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Design, EMMSAD 2015 held at Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2015 - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 8 Jun 2015 → 9 Jun 2015

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume	214
ISSN (Print)	1865-1348

Conference

Conference	16th International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support, BPMDS 2015 and 20th International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Design, EMMSAD 2015 held at Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2015
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Stockholm
Period	8/06/15 → 9/06/15

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

Keywords

Requirements engineering
Software Product Line engineering
Systematic reuse
Variability analysis
Variability mechanisms
Variation points

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Management Information Systems
Control and Systems Engineering
Business and International Management
Information Systems
Modeling and Simulation
Information Systems and Management

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Reinhartz-Berger, I., Zamansky, A., & Kemelman, M. (2015). Analyzing variability of cloned artifacts: Formal framework and its application to requirements. In S. Nurcan, S. Guerreiro, K. Gaaloul, Q. Ma, & R. Schmidt (Eds.), Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 16th International Conference, BPMDS 2015 20th International Conference, EMMSAD 2015, Proceedings (pp. 311-325). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 214). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19237-6_20

Reinhartz-Berger, Iris ; Zamansky, Anna ; Kemelman, Mark. / Analyzing variability of cloned artifacts : Formal framework and its application to requirements. Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 16th International Conference, BPMDS 2015 20th International Conference, EMMSAD 2015, Proceedings. editor / Selmin Nurcan ; Sérgio Guerreiro ; Khaled Gaaloul ; Qin Ma ; Rainer Schmidt. Springer Verlag, 2015. pp. 311-325 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing).

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Reinhartz-Berger, I , Zamansky, A & Kemelman, M 2015, Analyzing variability of cloned artifacts: Formal framework and its application to requirements. in S Nurcan, S Guerreiro, K Gaaloul, Q Ma & R Schmidt (eds), Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 16th International Conference, BPMDS 2015 20th International Conference, EMMSAD 2015, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 214, Springer Verlag, pp. 311-325, 16th International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support, BPMDS 2015 and 20th International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Design, EMMSAD 2015 held at Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2015, Stockholm, Sweden, 8/06/15. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19237-6_20

Analyzing variability of cloned artifacts: Formal framework and its application to requirements. / Reinhartz-Berger, Iris ; Zamansky, Anna; Kemelman, Mark.
Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 16th International Conference, BPMDS 2015 20th International Conference, EMMSAD 2015, Proceedings. ed. / Selmin Nurcan; Sérgio Guerreiro; Khaled Gaaloul; Qin Ma; Rainer Schmidt. Springer Verlag, 2015. p. 311-325 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 214).

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Reinhartz-Berger I , Zamansky A, Kemelman M. Analyzing variability of cloned artifacts: Formal framework and its application to requirements. In Nurcan S, Guerreiro S, Gaaloul K, Ma Q, Schmidt R, editors, Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 16th International Conference, BPMDS 2015 20th International Conference, EMMSAD 2015, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2015. p. 311-325. (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-19237-6_20

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