Applying Feature Models in Industrial Settings

Hein, Andreas M.; Schlick, Michael; Vinga-Martins, Renato

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-4339-8_3

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“…These kinds of hierarchies quickly change into structures that lose all of their initial benefits. These and many more issues discussed in the work by Hein and colleagues have greatly influenced our work [16,17,27].…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To make the car more secure, economical, clean, and comfortable, more functionality is moving from mechanical to electrical, and from electrical to software solutions. Therefore, today's automotive products are software-intensive systems that are developed with the PLA paradigm [6,9,17,29,31].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The feature-oriented domain analysis (FODA) method [19] and successors of FODA [7] require a tree-like structure of the feature model which may be very difficult to generate, as there are no clear criteria to align the structure to a tree-like form. Moreover, you cannot capture all of the information contained in a (general) graph in a tree, leaving you with the possibility of omitting dependencies or losing control of the model [17].…”

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confidence: 99%

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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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“…Various extensions to feature modeling were previously proposed (e.g., [CE00,HSV00]), but none of them addresses the problems solved by the extensions presented in this paper. The use of a configuration tool to produce input for a generator is not new, but we are not aware of any other GUI-based general-purpose configuration editor based on feature modeling.…”

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confidence: 99%

Generative Programming for Embedded Software: An Industrial Experience Report

Czarnecki

Bednasch

Unger

et al. 2002

Generative Programming and Component Engineering

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Abstract. Physical products come in many variants, and so does the software embedded in them. The software embedded in a product variant usually has to be optimized to fit its limited memory and computing power. Generative programming is well suited for developing embedded software since it allows us to automatically produce variants of embedded software optimized for specific products. This paper reports on our experience in applying generative programming in the embedded domain. We propose an extended feature modeling notation, discuss tool support for feature modeling, describe a domain-independent system configuration editor, and comment on the applicability of static configuration in the area of embedded systems.

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“…Finally, the derivation results are forwarded to the human-machine interface (14) and the driver is informed about the new status (15). To represent commonality and variability within the requirements of the CPS domain more explicitly, we used and refined the concept of feature modeling, as introduced in the FODA (Feature-Oriented Domain Analysis) method [3,4]. In FODA, a feature is understood as a prominent or distinctive user-visible aspect, quality or characteristic of one or more software systems.…”

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A Case Study in Applying a Product Line Approach for Car Periphery Supervision Systems

Thiel¹,

Ferber²,

Fischer³

et al. 2001

SAE Technical Paper Series

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Car Periphery Supervision (CPS) systems comprise a family of automotive systems that are based on sensors installed around the vehicle to monitor its environment. The measurement and evaluation of sensor data enables the realization of several kinds of higher level applications such as parking assistance or blind spot detection. Although a lot of similarity can be identified among CPS applications, these systems are traditionally built separately. Usually, each single system is built with its own electronic control unit, and it is likely that the application software is bound to the controller's hardware. Current systems engineering therefore often leads to a large number of inflexible, dedicated systems in the automobile that together consume a large amount of power, weight, and installation space and produce high manufacturing and maintenance costs. This paper reports on an initiative undertaken by the Bosch Group in applying a product line development approach to develop CPS systems economically. Product line development represents a multi-system engineering approach which takes common and variable aspects between systems in the same application domain into account. It provides a basis to develop a line of products economically based on a common system architecture and reusable components.A product line allows the degree of reusability to be optimized across different systems while simultaneously preserving the overall quality. This supports the need to develop more integrated and flexible multi-functional systems quickly and cost-effectively. The purpose of this paper is to report on the experiences and results obtained from a case study in developing a product line of CPS systems.

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Applying Feature Models in Industrial Settings

Cited by 29 publications

References 2 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

Generative Programming for Embedded Software: An Industrial Experience Report

A Case Study in Applying a Product Line Approach for Car Periphery Supervision Systems

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