Questionnaire-based variability modeling for system configuration

M. La Rosa, W.M.P. Aalst, van der, M. Dumas, A.H.M. Hofstede, ter

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Abstract

Variability management 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 proposes an approach to capture system variability based on questionnaire models that include order dependencies and domain constraints. The paper presents analysis techniques to detect circular dependencies and contradictory constraints in questionnaire models, as well as techniques to incrementally prevent invalid configurations by restricting the space of allowed answers to a question based on previous answers. The approach has been implemented as a toolset and has been used in practice to capture configurable process models for film post-production.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)251-274
Number of pages24
JournalSoftware and Systems Modeling
Volume8
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

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