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A Modeling Approach to Support the Similarity-Based Reuse of Configuration Data

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Abstract

Product configuration in families of Integrated Control Systems (ICSs) involves resolving thousands of configurable parameters and is, therefore, time-consuming and error-prone. Typically, these systems consist of highly similar components that need to be configured similarly. For large-scale systems, a considerable portion of the configuration data can be reused, based on such similarities, during the configuration of each individual product. In this paper, we propose a model-based approach to automate the reuse of configuration data based on the similarities within an ICS product. Our approach enables configuration engineers to manipulate the reuse of configuration data, and ensures the consistency of the reused data. Evaluation of the approach, using a number of configured products from an industry partner, shows that more than 60% of configuration data can be automatically reused using our similarity-based approach, thereby reducing configuration effort.

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  1. Simula Research Laboratory, Certus Software V&V Center, Norway

    Razieh Behjati, Tao Yue & Lionel Briand

  2. University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Razieh Behjati

  3. SnT Centre, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

    Lionel Briand

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University, 80523, Fort Collins, CO, USA

    Robert B. France

  2. Healthcare Services International, Managed Services, Siemens AG, Hartmannstr. 16, 91052, Erlangen, Germany

    Jürgen Kazmeier

  3. Institute of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 21a, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria

    Ruth Breu

  4. Software Engineering Group, A5, 6, University of Mannheim, 68131, Mannheim, Germany

    Colin Atkinson

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Behjati, R., Yue, T., Briand, L. (2012). A Modeling Approach to Support the Similarity-Based Reuse of Configuration Data. In: France, R.B., Kazmeier, J., Breu, R., Atkinson, C. (eds) Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems. MODELS 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7590. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33666-9_32

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