Product lines evolve out of existing products. In order to evaluate the potential of creating a product line from existing products it is necessary to `mine' their architectu...
Object-oriented frameworks play an essential role in the implementation of product-line architectures (PLAs) for product families. However, recent case studies reveal that deriving...
This paper presents a knowledge-intensive support paradigm for platform-based product family design and development. The fundamental issues underlying the product family design an...
The development of a highly configurable data management system is a challenging task, especially if it is to be implemented on an embedded system that provides limited resources...
: The design of engineering processes is dependent on the context they are designed for. This paper presents the results of an action research study that used design rationale to d...