Multi Software Product Lines: A Systematic Mapping Study

Pasquale Ardimento, Nicola Boffoli, Giuseppe Superbo

2020

Abstract

Even if Software Product Line (SPL) is an established technique in software engineering, there are several limitations of its use. This is mainly caused by the exponential increase of software systems complexity and by the high pace of software and hardware evolution. Many of these limitations have been studied and faced by applying the Multi Software Product Line (MSPL), an extension of the SPL. MSPL is an emerging and novel technique based on using more than one SPL to derive a functional product system. This paper aims to characterize the state of the art of MSPL, the main goal is to highlight the reached achievement in this field and then discuss about the open issues or the not covered aspects of this approach. In order to make an overall analysis inside the research community, a well-defined method of systematic mapping is applied in order to classify, in a proper scheme, every paper strictly related to this topic. These classified results could give a valid hint about lacks which should be investigated further.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ardimento P., Boffoli N. and Superbo G. (2020). Multi Software Product Lines: A Systematic Mapping Study.In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE, ISBN 978-989-758-421-3, pages 470-476. DOI: 10.5220/0009469804700476

in Bibtex Style

@conference{enase20,
author={Pasquale Ardimento and Nicola Boffoli and Giuseppe Superbo},
title={Multi Software Product Lines: A Systematic Mapping Study},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,},
year={2020},
pages={470-476},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009469804700476},
isbn={978-989-758-421-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,
TI - Multi Software Product Lines: A Systematic Mapping Study
SN - 978-989-758-421-3
AU - Ardimento P.
AU - Boffoli N.
AU - Superbo G.
PY - 2020
SP - 470
EP - 476
DO - 10.5220/0009469804700476