A META-MODEL FOR REQUIREMENTS VARIABILITY ANALYSIS - Application to Tool Generation and Model Composition

Bruno Gonzalez-Baixauli, Miguel A. Laguna, Julio Cesar Sampaio do Prado Leite

2007

Abstract

Variability analysis techniques have an important drawback: the analysis of Non-Functional Requirements. Usually, these techniques do not fully deal with them and only mention that they should be considered. In our framework, we use an intentional model-based approach where the functional models are used to define the variability space and the non-functional models are the criteria for choosing a variant. We found two problems using this approach: a) integration of functional and non-functional models, and b) scalability due to the number of variants. Our proposed solution is to use ideas from aspect oriented software development. Therefore, we use aspectual relationships to relate functional and non-functional models, and we obtain a better separation of concerns that allows scalability to be improved. In this paper we define the meta-model to set the modeling language used by our framework, and we show how meta-models can be applied to: a) generate modeling environments (using a meta-modeling tool); and b) define rules to describe model transformations. Model transformations are used to compose aspectual models creating new models.

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Gonzalez-Baixauli B., A. Laguna M. and Cesar Sampaio do Prado Leite J. (2007). A META-MODEL FOR REQUIREMENTS VARIABILITY ANALYSIS - Application to Tool Generation and Model Composition . In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 1: MUSE, (ICSOFT 2007) ISBN 978-989-8111-05-0, pages 291-297. DOI: 10.5220/0001348502910297


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@conference{muse07,
author={Bruno Gonzalez-Baixauli and Miguel A. Laguna and Julio Cesar Sampaio do Prado Leite},
title={A META-MODEL FOR REQUIREMENTS VARIABILITY ANALYSIS - Application to Tool Generation and Model Composition},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 1: MUSE, (ICSOFT 2007)},
year={2007},
pages={291-297},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001348502910297},
isbn={978-989-8111-05-0},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 1: MUSE, (ICSOFT 2007)
TI - A META-MODEL FOR REQUIREMENTS VARIABILITY ANALYSIS - Application to Tool Generation and Model Composition
SN - 978-989-8111-05-0
AU - Gonzalez-Baixauli B.
AU - A. Laguna M.
AU - Cesar Sampaio do Prado Leite J.
PY - 2007
SP - 291
EP - 297
DO - 10.5220/0001348502910297