Managing Complex Variability in Automotive Software Product Lines

ISBN-13: 9783838105253 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 248 str.

Mark-Oliver Reiser

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With the advent of software in cars, the automotive industry has beenundergoing a radical change. More and more vehicle functions are todayimplemented by software, making software development a key activity inthe development of an overall vehicle system. One of the most importantchallenges in this field is how to cope with the softwares complexvariability, resulting from the wide range of models and variants in whichtodays cars are offered. However, the methods and techniques proposed inthe computer science literature for managing such variability duringsoftware development are not as a rule directly applicable in the automotivedomain. In this dissertation, the manifold reasons for this are discussed indetail and it is shown how they relate to several specific characteristics ofthe automotive domain, for example the interaction between automotivemanufacturers and their many suppliers. Based on this investigation, twofundamental software engineering concepts are presented for developinghighly variable software systems in an industrial context: subscoping andconfiguration links.

O autorze

Mark-Oliver Reiser studied computer science in Tübingen and
Berlin, focusing on software development methods and
processes. He received his PhD in 2008 from Technische Universität
Berlin for his research on automotive software development,
mainly conducted at a research department of Daimler AG in Berlin.