Journal article
Questionnaire-based variability modeling for system configuration
Marcello La Rosa, Wil MP van der Aalst, Marlon Dumas, Arthur HM ter Hofstede
SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS MODELING | SPRINGER HEIDELBERG | Published : 2009
Abstract
Variability management is a recurrent issue in systems engineering. It arises for example in enterprise systems, where modules are configured and composed to meet the requirements of individual customers based on modifications to a reference model. It also manifests itself in the context of software product families, where variants of a system are built from a common code base. This paper proposes an approach to capture system variability based on questionnaire models that include order dependencies and domain constraints. The paper presents analysis techniques to detect circular dependencies and contradictory constraints in questionnaire models, as well as techniques to incrementally preven..
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