Feature location in a collection of software product variants using formal concept analysis

Ra'Fat Ahmad Al-Msie'Deen (1) , Abdelhak-Djamel Seriai (1) , Marianne Huchard (1) , Christelle Urtado (2) , Sylvain Vauttier (2) , Hamzeh Eyal-Salman (1)

1 MAREL - Models And Reuse Engineering, Languages
2 LGI2P - Laboratoire de Génie Informatique et Ingénierie de Production

Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) is a theoretical framework which structures a set of objects described by properties. In order to migrate software product variants which are considered similar into a product line, it is essential to identify the common and the optional fea- tures between the software product variants. In this paper, we present an approach for feature location in a collection of software product variants based on FCA. In order to validate our approach we applied it on a case study based on ArgoUML. The results of this evaluation showed that all of the features were identified.

Mots clés: Software Product Variants; Feature Location; FCA

Domaines: Génie logiciel [cs.SE]

Ra'Fat Ahmad Al-Msie'Deen, Abdelhak-Djamel Seriai, Marianne Huchard, Christelle Urtado, Sylvain Vauttier, et al.. Feature location in a collection of software product variants using formal concept analysis. ICSR: International Conference on Software Reuse, Jun 2013, Pisa, Italy. pp.302-307, ⟨10.1007/978-3-642-38977-1_22⟩. ⟨lirmm-00824190⟩