Automated planning for feature model configuration based on functional and non-functional requirements

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-65

  Soltani, Samaneh ^a   Asadi, Mohsen ^a   Gašević, Dragan ^b   Hatala, Marek ^a   Bagheri, Ebrahim ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Configuration; Feature model; Planning techniques; Software product line engineering

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PLANNING; AUTOMATED PLANNING; COMPLEX TASK; CONFIGURATION; CONFIGURATION PROCESS; FEATURE MODELING; FEATURE MODELS; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT; NON FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; NON-FUNCTIONAL; NON-FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PRODUCT DERIVATION; SOFTWARE PRODUCT LINE; SOFTWARE PRODUCT LINE ENGINEERINGS; TECHNIQUES USED;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONCRETE PRODUCTS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84867455869     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2362536.2362548     Document Type: Conference Paper

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