Software product Line (SPL) Feature Tree Analysis Tool

Abstract

The concept of a software product line (SPL) is to promise about approaching for increasing planned reusability in industry. Feature models are enable for planning and strategic decisions both in architectural and in component development. Feature models contribute to efficiency and structure of various software development activities. Feature models have a tree structure, with features forming nodes of the tree. The arcs and groupings of features represent feature variability. There are six different types of feature groups: mandatory, alternative, or, optional, optional alternative and optional or. The logical representation provides a precise and rigorous formal interpretation of the feature diagrams. Software product lines (PLs) present a solid approach in large scale reuse. Due to the PLs’ inherit complexity, many PL methods use the notion of “features” to support requirements analysis and domain modeling. The approach makes use of extensions in the feature modeling techniques and adopts plug-in architectures as a means of mapping feature structures and at the same time satisfying the demanded PL variability and flexibility.