A Systematic Study on Approaches to deal with the Systems' Evolution and Customization
Abstract
System developers often face problems in the maintenance and evolution of software systems when they need to customize products to meet different customers needs, by creating new components and modifying existing source code. In this work, it is presented a comparative analysis of existing approaches that deal with variations in Software Product Lines (LPS) through a rigorous study of the state of the art, observing their applicability to handle customizations.
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Published: 26 May 2015
Accepted: 01 April 2015
Received: 01 February 2015
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