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EASy-producer: product line development for variant-rich ecosystems

Authors:

Holger Eichelberger,

Sascha El-Sharkawy,

Christian Kröher,

Klaus SchmidAuthors Info & Claims

SPLC '14: Proceedings of the 18th International Software Product Line Conference: Companion Volume for Workshops, Demonstrations and Tools - Volume 2

Pages 133 - 137

https://doi.org/10.1145/2647908.2655979

Published: 15 September 2014 Publication History

Abstract

Development of software product lines requires tool support, e.g., to define variability models, to check variability models for consistency and to derive the artifacts for a specific product. Further capabilities are required when product lines are combined to software ecosystems, i.e., management and development of distributed product lines across multiple different organizations.

In this paper, we describe EASy-Producer, a prototypical tool set for the development of software product lines in general and variant-rich ecosystems in particular. To support the product line engineer, EASy-Producer differentiates between simplified views limiting the capabilities and expert views unleashing its full power. We will discuss how these two views support the definition of variability models, the derivation of product configurations and the instantiation of artifacts.

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EASy-producer: product line development for variant-rich ecosystems
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Context specific languages
      1. Domain specific languages
    2. Development frameworks and environments

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SPLC '14: Proceedings of the 18th International Software Product Line Conference: Companion Volume for Workshops, Demonstrations and Tools - Volume 2

September 2014

151 pages

ISBN:9781450327398

DOI:10.1145/2647908

Editors:
Stefania Gnesi
ISTI-CNR, Italy
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Alessandro Fantechi
University of Florence, Italy
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Maurice H. ter Beek
ISTI-CNR, Italy
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Goetz Botterweck
Lero, Ireland
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Martin Becker
Fraunhofer IESE, Germany
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ISTI-CNR, Italy
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Alessandro Fantechi
University of Florence, Italy

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https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA54631.2023.10275624
Eichelberger H(2018)Flexible System-Level Monitoring of Heterogeneous Big Data Streaming Systems2018 44th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA)10.1109/SEAA.2018.00054(289-292)Online publication date: Aug-2018
https://doi.org/10.1109/SEAA.2018.00054
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