Aspect-Oriented, Model-Driven Software Product Lines: The AMPLE Way

Hardback

Main Details

Title Aspect-Oriented, Model-Driven Software Product Lines: The AMPLE Way
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Awais Rashid
Edited by Jean-Claude Royer
Edited by Andreas Rummler
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:470
Dimensions(mm): Height 255,Width 181
Category/GenreSoftware Engineering
ISBN/Barcode 9780521767224
ClassificationsDewey:005.1
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 50 Tables, black and white; 135 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 8 September 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Software product lines provide a systematic means of managing variability in a suite of products. They have many benefits but there are three major barriers that can prevent them from reaching their full potential. First, there is the challenge of scale: a large number of variants may exist in a product line context and the number of interrelationships and dependencies can rise exponentially. Second, variations tend to be systemic by nature in that they affect the whole architecture of the software product line. Third, software product lines often serve different business contexts, each with its own intricacies and complexities. The AMPLE (http://www.ample-project.net/) approach tackles these three challenges by combining advances in aspect-oriented software development and model-driven engineering. The full suite of methods and tools that constitute this approach are discussed in detail in this edited volume and illustrated using three real-world industrial case studies.

Author Biography

Awais Rashid is a Professor of Software Engineering at Lancaster University. Jean-Claude Royer is a Professor of Computer Science at the Ecole des Mines de Nantes - INRIA. Andreas Rummler holds the position of Senior Researcher at SAP Research in Dresden.