In Software Product Line (SPL), Configuration Management (CM) is a multi-dimensional problem. On the one hand, the Core Assets that constitute a configuration need to be managed, and on the other hand, each product in the product line that is built using a configuration must be managed, and furthermore, the management of all these configurations must be coordinated under a single process. There...

We describe how to use propositional model counting for a quantitative analysis of product configuration data. Our approach computes valuable meta information such as the total number of valid configurations or the relative frequency of components. This information can be used to assess the severity of documentation errors or to measure documentation quality. As an application example we show h...

Product configuration is a key activity of product engineering that regards the constrained combination and parameterization of product line assets as a means to achieve correct software specification. Current product configuration approaches frequently rely on the application engineer to translate user requirements into correct configuration choices. This process is error-prone and risky as re...

This chapter attempts to present an alternative for product modeling based on applied research activities. The model proposed is based on a concept supported by different views: functional, technological, and physical. With the aim of making the model learner-friendly, the chapter also presents an industrial case applied in the lift industry. The specific problems, the model used, the implement...

Product family configuration design has been recognized as a promising dimension for implementing the assembly-to-order production strategy under mass customization environments. With a family of configuration design alternatives derived from a configuration space, product family configuration design evaluation is usually performed to select the “best” configuration design that meets customer v...

This paper describes a product configuration tool called ConfigIt Developer for rapid development of websites where users can tailor products such as goods and services to specific needs. The tool supports all phases of the development of a configurator-backed website, from the modeling of the product to the deployment of the configurator on the Internet.

In this paper we address the application of knowledge compilation techniques to product configuration problems. We argument that both the process of generating valid configurations, as well as validation of product configuration knowledge bases, can potentially be accelerated by compiling the instance independent part of the knowledge base. Besides giving transformations of both tasks into logi...

Research on computer-supported configuration of customizable products and services is currently carried out in two main communities: one community is mainly focused on the configuration of hardware artifacts, the other one is interested in configurable software systems and software product lines. Despite the significant overlap in research interests, the fields have mainly evolved in isolation ...