TY - GEN
T1 - A modeling approach to support the similarity-based reuse of configuration data
AU - Behjati, Razieh
AU - Yue, Tao
AU - Briand, Lionel
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Product configuration in families of Integrated Control Systems (ICSs) involves resolving thousands of configurable parameters and is, therefore, time-consuming and error-prone. Typically, these systems consist of highly similar components that need to be configured similarly. For large-scale systems, a considerable portion of the configuration data can be reused, based on such similarities, during the configuration of each individual product. In this paper, we propose a model-based approach to automate the reuse of configuration data based on the similarities within an ICS product. Our approach enables configuration engineers to manipulate the reuse of configuration data, and ensures the consistency of the reused data. Evaluation of the approach, using a number of configured products from an industry partner, shows that more than 60% of configuration data can be automatically reused using our similarity-based approach, thereby reducing configuration effort.
AB - Product configuration in families of Integrated Control Systems (ICSs) involves resolving thousands of configurable parameters and is, therefore, time-consuming and error-prone. Typically, these systems consist of highly similar components that need to be configured similarly. For large-scale systems, a considerable portion of the configuration data can be reused, based on such similarities, during the configuration of each individual product. In this paper, we propose a model-based approach to automate the reuse of configuration data based on the similarities within an ICS product. Our approach enables configuration engineers to manipulate the reuse of configuration data, and ensures the consistency of the reused data. Evaluation of the approach, using a number of configured products from an industry partner, shows that more than 60% of configuration data can be automatically reused using our similarity-based approach, thereby reducing configuration effort.
KW - Feature Modeling
KW - Internal similarities
KW - Model-based software engineering
KW - Product configuration
KW - UML/OCL
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84867643142&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-33666-9_32
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-33666-9_32
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84867643142
SN - 9783642336652
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 497
EP - 513
BT - Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems - 15th International Conference, MODELS 2012, Proceedings
T2 - 15th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2012
Y2 - 30 September 2012 through 5 October 2012
ER -