The DOPLER meta-tool for decision-oriented variability modeling: A multiple case study

Automated Software Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-114

  Dhungana, Deepak ^a   Grünbacher, Paul ^b   Rabiser, Rick ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Decision models; Meta tools; Product line engineering

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SOFTWARE; DECISION MODELS; DIFFERENT DOMAINS; DOMAIN SPECIFIC; IMPLEMENTATION TECHNIQUES; INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION SYSTEM; META MODEL; META-TOOLS; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; PRODUCT CONFIGURATION; PRODUCT DERIVATION; PRODUCT LINE ENGINEERING; PRODUCT-LINES; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; REUSABLE ASSETS; VARIABILITY MODEL; VARIABILITY MODELING;

EQUIPMENT; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RESEARCH;

MODELS;

EID: 79951554373     PISSN: 09288910     EISSN: 15737535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10515-010-0076-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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