MASS CUSTOMIZATION AND BEYOND IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING: Developing a framework for mass customized adaptive software
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History of industrial production has gone through different phases, starting from craftsmanship, evolving to mass production and process improvement and lately to mass customization. This new way to organize production has challenged all industries producing products and services. In this research we are concentrating to software industry, which is a young and fast moving industry. We describe the evolution of software engineering and compare it to the evolution of industrial production, concentrating on mass customization possibilities in software industry. We also shortly discuss adaptive applications and their role in mass customization. Finally, we suggest a tentative framework for creating mass customized adaptive software.
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