From requirements to features: An exploratory study of feature-oriented refactoring

Proceedings - 15th International Software Product Line Conference, SPLC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 181-190

  Lopez Herrejon, Roberto E ^a   Montalvillo Mendizabal, Leticia ^b   Egyed, Alexander ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Feature Orientation; Feature Oriented Refactoring; Product Line Evolution; Software Product Lines

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FEATURE ORIENTATION; FEATURE-ORIENTED; FEATURE-ORIENTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT; MEDIUM SIZE; MODULARIZATIONS; ORIGINAL SYSTEMS; PRODUCT-LINES; REFACTORINGS; REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONS; SOFTWARE PRODUCT LINE; SOFTWARE PRODUCT LINES; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; STEPPING STONE; VARIABLE SYSTEMS;

MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 80054070982     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SPLC.2011.52     Document Type: Conference Paper

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