Applying a Consistency Checking Framework for Heterogeneous Models and Artifacts in Industrial Product Lines

Michael Vierhauser; Paul Grünbacher; Wolfgang Heider; Gerald Holl; Daniela Lettner

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-33666-9_34

Applying a Consistency Checking Framework for Heterogeneous Models and Artifacts in Industrial Product Lines

Michael Vierhauser
, Paul Grünbacher
, Wolfgang Heider
, Gerald Holl
, Daniela Lettner

Institute for Systems Software

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Abstract

Product line engineering relies on heterogeneous models and artifacts to define and implement the product line’s reusable assets. The complexity and heterogeneity of product line artifacts as well as their interdependencies make it hard to maintain consistency during development and evolution, regardless of the modeling approaches used. Engineers thus need support for detecting and resolving inconsistencies within and between the various artifacts. In this paper we present a framework for checking and maintaining consistency of arbitrary product line artifacts. Our approach is flexible and extensible regarding the supported artifact types and the definition of constraints. We discuss tool support developed for the DOPLER product line tool suite. We report the results of applying the approach to sales support applications of industrial product lines.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, 15th International ACM/IEEE Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages & Systems (MODELS)
Publisher	Springer
Pages	531-545
Number of pages	15
Volume	7590
ISBN (Print)	9783642336652
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33666-9_34
Publication status	Published - 2012

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	7590 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Fields of science

102 Computer Sciences
102009 Computer simulation
102011 Formal languages
102013 Human-computer interaction
102029 Practical computer science
102022 Software development
102024 Usability research

JKU Focus areas

Computation in Informatics and Mathematics
Engineering and Natural Sciences (in general)

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Vierhauser, M., Grünbacher, P., Heider, W., Holl, G., & Lettner, D. (2012). Applying a Consistency Checking Framework for Heterogeneous Models and Artifacts in Industrial Product Lines. In Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, 15th International ACM/IEEE Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages & Systems (MODELS) (Vol. 7590, pp. 531-545). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7590 LNCS). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33666-9_34

Vierhauser, Michael ; Grünbacher, Paul ; Heider, Wolfgang et al. / Applying a Consistency Checking Framework for Heterogeneous Models and Artifacts in Industrial Product Lines. Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, 15th International ACM/IEEE Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages & Systems (MODELS). Vol. 7590 Springer, 2012. pp. 531-545 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Vierhauser, M, Grünbacher, P, Heider, W, Holl, G & Lettner, D 2012, Applying a Consistency Checking Framework for Heterogeneous Models and Artifacts in Industrial Product Lines. in Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, 15th International ACM/IEEE Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages & Systems (MODELS). vol. 7590, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 7590 LNCS, Springer, pp. 531-545. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33666-9_34

Applying a Consistency Checking Framework for Heterogeneous Models and Artifacts in Industrial Product Lines. / Vierhauser, Michael; Grünbacher, Paul; Heider, Wolfgang et al.
Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, 15th International ACM/IEEE Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages & Systems (MODELS). Vol. 7590 Springer, 2012. p. 531-545 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7590 LNCS).

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Vierhauser M, Grünbacher P, Heider W, Holl G, Lettner D. Applying a Consistency Checking Framework for Heterogeneous Models and Artifacts in Industrial Product Lines. In Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, 15th International ACM/IEEE Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages & Systems (MODELS). Vol. 7590. Springer. 2012. p. 531-545. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-33666-9_34

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