Abstract
The volume, variety and velocity of products in software-intensive systems product lines is increasing. One challenge is to understand the range of similarity between products to evaluate its impact on product line management. This paper contributes to product line management by presenting a product similarity evaluation process in which (i) a product configured from a product line feature model is represented as a weighted binary string (ii) the overall similarity between products is compared using the Jaccard Coefficient similarity metric (iii) the significance of individual features and feature combinations to product similarity is explored by modifying the weights. We propose a method for automatically allocating weights to features depending on their position in a product line feature model, although we do not claim that this allocation method nor the use of the Jaccard Coefficient is optimal. We illustrate our ideas with mobile phone worked examples.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of 23rd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems |
Editors | Joaquim Filipe, Michal Smialek, Alexander Brodsky, Slimane Hammoudi |
Place of Publication | Prague |
Publisher | SciTePress |
Pages | 257-266 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Volume | 2 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789897585098 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789897585098 |
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Publication status | Published - 28 Apr 2021 |
Event | 23rd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Online Duration: 26 Apr 2021 → 28 Apr 2021 https://iceis.scitevents.org/?y=2021 (Link to conference website) |
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ISSN (Print) | 2184-4992 |
Conference
Conference | 23rd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems |
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Abbreviated title | ICEIS 2021 |
Period | 26/04/21 → 28/04/21 |
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Keywords
- product line, string similarity, metrics
- Metrics
- String Similarity
- Product Line
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Information Systems
- Information Systems and Management
- Computer Science Applications