Challenges in software product line composition

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Contributors

  • Horst Schirmeier - , Chair of Operating Systems, Dortmund University of Technology (Author)
  • Olaf Spinczyk - , Dortmund University of Technology (Author)

Abstract

The idea to develop applications and infrastructure software as software product lines (SPLs) is continuously growing in acceptance throughout the software industry. The ability to customize software to customer needs or a specific application scenario, and the advantages arising from code reuse throughout the product line will further enhance this trend in the future. Although the construction and the automated configuration of single SPLs is already well understood, new challenges come into being from the composition of multiple product lines from potentially different software producers. This article discusses several problems originating in multi-layer and multi-instance composition of SPLs, which we expect to be a common situation in the future. Focusing on infrastructure SPLs and the resource-constrained embedded systems domain, we describe possible approaches and starting points for prospective research.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 42nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesAnnual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
ISSN1530-1605

Conference

Title42nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS
Duration5 - 9 January 2009
CityWaikoloa, HI
CountryUnited States of America

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-1427-9343/work/167216824

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