Kumbang: A domain ontology for modelling variability in software product families

Advanced Engineering Informatics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-40

  Asikainen, Timo ^a   Männistö, Tomi ^a   Soininen, Timo ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Feature modelling; Kumbang; Modelling; Software architecture; Software product family; Variability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; DATA STRUCTURES; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

FEATURE MODELLING; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; SOFTWARE PRODUCT FAMILIES; VARIABILITY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33846846495     PISSN: 14740346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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