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A Method of Applying Traceability among Product Line Engineering Artifacts  

La Hyun Jung (숭실대학교 컴퓨터학과)
Chang Soo Ho (숭실대학교 컴퓨터학과)
Kim Soo Dong (숭실대학교 컴퓨터학부)
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Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications / v.32, no.4, 2005 , pp. 237-246 More about this Journal
Abstract
Product Line Engineering(PLE) is one of the technologies that develop applications economically reusing core assets. PLE consists of Framework Engineering(FE) and Application Engineering. Framework Engineering is to develop core assets that have common functionality shared by a set of family members. Application Engineering is to develop a specific application by instantiating the core assets. The PLE process increases reusability and efficiency because a specific application is developed by using core assets with less time and effort. Since definition of PLE artifacts and relationship between artifacts are not clear. developers have several troubles to make artifacts based on PLE process, are difficult to maintain consistency between artifacts, and do not use PLE process more practically. In this paper, we define meta-models of artifacts that are produced in PLE activities of PLE process and describe the traceability relationship between artifacts by using traceability map and guidelines that can apply traceability relationship. Finally, we define the way how trace links and guidelines of traceability map are applied.
Keywords
Product Line Engincering; Core Asset; Meta-model; Traceability;
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