Distributed real-time and embedded (DRE) systems have stringent constraints on timeliness and other properties whose assurance is crucial to correct system behavior. Formal tools ...
Venkita Subramonian, Christopher D. Gill, Cé...
The complexity of variability models makes it hard for product line engineers to maintain their consistency over time. Engineers need support to detect and resolve inconsistencies....
Michael Vierhauser, Deepak Dhungana, Wolfgang Heid...
This paper describes Edition-Based Redefinition (EBR) in the Oracle database — a novel technology and methodology to build database application patches so that installation of t...
An activity theory model and a mediating artifacts hierarchy were employed to help identify the needs for tools for customer support engineers who documented solutions to customer...
Patricia Collins, Shilpa Shukla, David F. Redmiles
The notion of partial and evolutionary specification has gained attention both in research and industry in the last years. While many people regard this just as a process issue, w...