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Variability Modeling for Questionnaire-based System Configuration

La Rosa, Marcello and van der Aalst, Wil M. P. and Dumas, Marlon and ter Hofstede, Arthur H. M. (2007) Variability Modeling for Questionnaire-based System Configuration.

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Abstract

Variability management, be it at the level of models or at the level of code, 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 presents a formal foundation for representing system variability for the purpose of generating questionnaires that guide users during system configuration. The generated questionnaires are interactive, in the sense that questions are only posed if and when they can be answered, and the space of allowed answers to a question is determined by previous answers. The approach has been implemented and tested against a reference model from the logistics domain.

Item Type:Preprint
Keywords:variability modeling, system configuration, questionnaire, software product family, reference model
Subjects:280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences > 280100 Information Systems > 280111 Conceptual Modelling
280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences > 280100 Information Systems
280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences
ID Code:7992
Deposited By:La Rosa, Marcello
Deposited On:08 June 2007
Copyright Owner:Copyright 2007 the authors

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