Automated analysis of feature models 20 years later: A literature review
Automated analysis of feature models 20 years later: A literature review
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DOI:
10.1016/j.is.2010.01.001
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发表时间:
2010-09-01
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3.7
通讯作者:
Ruiz-Cortes, Antonio
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作者:
Benavides, David;Segura, Sergio;Ruiz-Cortes, Antonio
Software product line engineering is about producing a set of related products that share more commonalities than variabilities. Feature models are widely used for variability and commonality management in software product lines. Feature models are information models where a set of products are represented as a set of features in a single model. The automated analysis of feature models deals with the computer-aided extraction of information from feature models. The literature on this topic has contributed with a set of operations, techniques, tools and empirical results which have not been surveyed until now. This paper provides a comprehensive literature review on the automated analysis of feature models 20 years after of their invention. This paper contributes by bringing together previously disparate streams of work to help shed light on this thriving area. We also present a conceptual framework to understand the different proposals as well as categorise future contributions. We finally discuss the different studies and propose some challenges to be faced in the future. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.