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Different Approaches used in Software Product Families

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Authors:

Rafia Inam

Research group:

Model-Based Engineering of Embedded Systems

Publication Type:

Report

Abstract

The use of software in consumer products is growing tremendously in current era. Further the complexity of software in products is growing, diversity increasing, and the lead time is decreasing. To meet all these challenges software reuse in consumer products is the solution. This evolves the concepts of software product family, product population, and product lines. Three different approaches are used to integrate all software within hardware. These three approaches are Integration-Oriented platform, Hierarchal and Composition-Oriented. The integration-oriented approach is a classical approach used for many years in industry but unable to meet the challenges of todays increased usage. Hierarchical and Composition- Oriented approaches are popular now-a-days to meet the challenges of industry.

Bibtex

@techreport{Inam2308,
author = {Rafia Inam},
title = {Different Approaches used in Software Product Families},
month = {April},
year = {2010},
url = {http://www.es.mdu.se/publications/2308-}
}