A systematic review of evaluation of variability management approaches in software product lines

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 344-362

  Chen, Lianping ^a   Ali Babar, Muhammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Empirical studies; Software product line; Systematic literature reviews; Variability management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH METHOD; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; SOFTWARE INTENSIVE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE PRODUCT LINE; SOFTWARE PRODUCT LINE (SPL); SOFTWARE PRODUCT LINE ENGINEERING(SPLE); SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; VARIABILITY MANAGEMENT;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 79951813796     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2010.12.006     Document Type: Review

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