Software Product Lines and Moose

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> The field of software product lines is about managing variations in software configuration. The control software systems installed in a car typically reflect the different options one may want on a car. The space of configuration is often ridiculously large. The system of a BMW line has more different configurations than the amount of atoms the Universe is made of.
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> Software product lines are classically represented as a tree using a simple visual language. Whereas efficient at specification time, this language has several shortcomings, including poor ability to scale and ineffectiveness at understanding a large description.
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> An ECOSud project has been granted by both the Chilean and the French national research agencies. The project involves the University of Chile and the Polytech Engineering school in Sophia Antipolis.
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> The topic of the project is to explore new ways to understand and verify large software product lines specified using the Familiar language [*]. First, a parser has been written using PetitParser. Second, a metamodelisation of the product lines has been made with Moose. The parser creates from a Familiar program an instance of the meta-model we designed. Glamour then gives us a navigation browser for free. Roassal is then used to visually represent a model structure and the result of their associated metrics.
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> A software product line specification involves many dimensions, e.g., the definition of a feature, interaction between features, constraints between group of features. All those dimensions cannot be effectively simultaneously explored. Roassal supports a large range of interactive visualization mechanisms to make a product line exploration effective.
>
> The ECOSud project has been initiated in June 2012. It enables the mobility of researchers and will span until the end of next year.
> Stay tuned!
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> [*] Familiar: https://nyx.unice.fr/projects/familiar/
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> It would be cool to have this as a piece of news on moosetechnology.org. Could you add it?
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> Cheers,
> Doru
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> On 15 Jul 2012, at 23:02, Alexandre Bergel wrote:
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>> Hi!
>>
>> Just to keep you informed.
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>> The field of software product lines is about managing variations in software configuration. The control software systems installed in a car typically reflect the different options one may want on a car. The space of configuration is often ridiculously large. The system of a BMW line has more different configurations than the amount of atoms the Universe is made of.
>>
>> Software product lines are classically represented as a tree using a simple visual language. Whereas efficient at specification time, this language has several shortcomings, including poor ability to scale and ineffectiveness at understanding a large description.
>>
>> An ECOSud project has been granted by both the Chilean and the French national research agencies. The project involves the University of Chile and the Polytech Engineering school in Sophia Antipolis.
>>
>> The topic of the project is to explore new ways to understand and verify large software product lines specified using the Familiar language [*]. First, a parser has been written using PetitParser. Second, a metamodelisation of the product lines has been made with Moose. The parser creates from a Familiar program an instance of the meta-model we designed. Glamour then gives us a navigation browser for free. Roassal is then used to visually represent a model structure and the result of their associated metrics.
>>
>> A software product line specification involves many dimensions, e.g., the definition of a feature, interaction between features, constraints between group of features. All those dimensions cannot be effectively simultaneously explored. Roassal supports a large range of interactive visualization mechanisms to make a product line exploration effective.
>>
>> The ECOSud project has been initiated in June 2012. It enables the mobility of researchers and will span until the end of next year.
>> Stay tuned!
>>
>>
>> [*] Familiar: https://nyx.unice.fr/projects/familiar/
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>> Cheers,
>> Alexandre
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> Alexandre
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> On Jul 17, 2012, at 5:02 PM, Tudor Girba wrote:
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>> Cool.
>>
>> It would be cool to have this as a piece of news on moosetechnology.org. Could you add it?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Doru
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>> On 15 Jul 2012, at 23:02, Alexandre Bergel wrote:
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>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Just to keep you informed.
>>>
>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>>> The field of software product lines is about managing variations in software configuration. The control software systems installed in a car typically reflect the different options one may want on a car. The space of configuration is often ridiculously large. The system of a BMW line has more different configurations than the amount of atoms the Universe is made of.
>>>
>>> Software product lines are classically represented as a tree using a simple visual language. Whereas efficient at specification time, this language has several shortcomings, including poor ability to scale and ineffectiveness at understanding a large description.
>>>
>>> An ECOSud project has been granted by both the Chilean and the French national research agencies. The project involves the University of Chile and the Polytech Engineering school in Sophia Antipolis.
>>>
>>> The topic of the project is to explore new ways to understand and verify large software product lines specified using the Familiar language [*]. First, a parser has been written using PetitParser. Second, a metamodelisation of the product lines has been made with Moose. The parser creates from a Familiar program an instance of the meta-model we designed. Glamour then gives us a navigation browser for free. Roassal is then used to visually represent a model structure and the result of their associated metrics.
>>>
>>> A software product line specification involves many dimensions, e.g., the definition of a feature, interaction between features, constraints between group of features. All those dimensions cannot be effectively simultaneously explored. Roassal supports a large range of interactive visualization mechanisms to make a product line exploration effective.
>>>
>>> The ECOSud project has been initiated in June 2012. It enables the mobility of researchers and will span until the end of next year.
>>> Stay tuned!
>>>
>>>
>>> [*] Familiar: https://nyx.unice.fr/projects/familiar/
>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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>>> Cheers,
>>> Alexandre
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> Sure!
> Let me know when done
>
> Alexandre
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> On Jul 17, 2012, at 5:02 PM, Tudor Girba wrote:
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>> Cool.
>>
>> It would be cool to have this as a piece of news on moosetechnology.org. Could you add it?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Doru
>>
>> On 15 Jul 2012, at 23:02, Alexandre Bergel wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Just to keep you informed.
>>>
>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>>> The field of software product lines is about managing variations in software configuration. The control software systems installed in a car typically reflect the different options one may want on a car. The space of configuration is often ridiculously large. The system of a BMW line has more different configurations than the amount of atoms the Universe is made of.
>>>
>>> Software product lines are classically represented as a tree using a simple visual language. Whereas efficient at specification time, this language has several shortcomings, including poor ability to scale and ineffectiveness at understanding a large description.
>>>
>>> An ECOSud project has been granted by both the Chilean and the French national research agencies. The project involves the University of Chile and the Polytech Engineering school in Sophia Antipolis.
>>>
>>> The topic of the project is to explore new ways to understand and verify large software product lines specified using the Familiar language [*]. First, a parser has been written using PetitParser. Second, a metamodelisation of the product lines has been made with Moose. The parser creates from a Familiar program an instance of the meta-model we designed. Glamour then gives us a navigation browser for free. Roassal is then used to visually represent a model structure and the result of their associated metrics.
>>>
>>> A software product line specification involves many dimensions, e.g., the definition of a feature, interaction between features, constraints between group of features. All those dimensions cannot be effectively simultaneously explored. Roassal supports a large range of interactive visualization mechanisms to make a product line exploration effective.
>>>
>>> The ECOSud project has been initiated in June 2012. It enables the mobility of researchers and will span until the end of next year.
>>> Stay tuned!
>>>
>>>
>>> [*] Familiar: https://nyx.unice.fr/projects/familiar/
>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Alexandre
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> Alexandre
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> On Jul 17, 2012, at 5:10 PM, Alexandre Bergel wrote:
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>> Sure!
>> Let me know when done
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>> Alexandre
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>> On Jul 17, 2012, at 5:02 PM, Tudor Girba wrote:
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>>> Cool.
>>>
>>> It would be cool to have this as a piece of news on moosetechnology.org. Could you add it?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Doru
>>>
>>> On 15 Jul 2012, at 23:02, Alexandre Bergel wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> Just to keep you informed.
>>>>
>>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>>>> The field of software product lines is about managing variations in software configuration. The control software systems installed in a car typically reflect the different options one may want on a car. The space of configuration is often ridiculously large. The system of a BMW line has more different configurations than the amount of atoms the Universe is made of.
>>>>
>>>> Software product lines are classically represented as a tree using a simple visual language. Whereas efficient at specification time, this language has several shortcomings, including poor ability to scale and ineffectiveness at understanding a large description.
>>>>
>>>> An ECOSud project has been granted by both the Chilean and the French national research agencies. The project involves the University of Chile and the Polytech Engineering school in Sophia Antipolis.
>>>>
>>>> The topic of the project is to explore new ways to understand and verify large software product lines specified using the Familiar language [*]. First, a parser has been written using PetitParser. Second, a metamodelisation of the product lines has been made with Moose. The parser creates from a Familiar program an instance of the meta-model we designed. Glamour then gives us a navigation browser for free. Roassal is then used to visually represent a model structure and the result of their associated metrics.
>>>>
>>>> A software product line specification involves many dimensions, e.g., the definition of a feature, interaction between features, constraints between group of features. All those dimensions cannot be effectively simultaneously explored. Roassal supports a large range of interactive visualization mechanisms to make a product line exploration effective.
>>>>
>>>> The ECOSud project has been initiated in June 2012. It enables the mobility of researchers and will span until the end of next year.
>>>> Stay tuned!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [*] Familiar: https://nyx.unice.fr/projects/familiar/
>>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Alexandre
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>>        http://www.moosetechnology.org/news/2012-07-18
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>> Cheers,
>> Alexandre
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>> On Jul 17, 2012, at 5:10 PM, Alexandre Bergel wrote:
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>>> Sure!
>>> Let me know when done
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>>> Alexandre
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>>> On Jul 17, 2012, at 5:02 PM, Tudor Girba wrote:
>>>
>>>> Cool.
>>>>
>>>> It would be cool to have this as a piece of news on moosetechnology.org. Could you add it?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Doru
>>>>
>>>> On 15 Jul 2012, at 23:02, Alexandre Bergel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>
>>>>> Just to keep you informed.
>>>>>
>>>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>>>>> The field of software product lines is about managing variations in software configuration. The control software systems installed in a car typically reflect the different options one may want on a car. The space of configuration is often ridiculously large. The system of a BMW line has more different configurations than the amount of atoms the Universe is made of.
>>>>>
>>>>> Software product lines are classically represented as a tree using a simple visual language. Whereas efficient at specification time, this language has several shortcomings, including poor ability to scale and ineffectiveness at understanding a large description.
>>>>>
>>>>> An ECOSud project has been granted by both the Chilean and the French national research agencies. The project involves the University of Chile and the Polytech Engineering school in Sophia Antipolis.
>>>>>
>>>>> The topic of the project is to explore new ways to understand and verify large software product lines specified using the Familiar language [*]. First, a parser has been written using PetitParser. Second, a metamodelisation of the product lines has been made with Moose. The parser creates from a Familiar program an instance of the meta-model we designed. Glamour then gives us a navigation browser for free. Roassal is then used to visually represent a model structure and the result of their associated metrics.
>>>>>
>>>>> A software product line specification involves many dimensions, e.g., the definition of a feature, interaction between features, constraints between group of features. All those dimensions cannot be effectively simultaneously explored. Roassal supports a large range of interactive visualization mechanisms to make a product line exploration effective.
>>>>>
>>>>> The ECOSud project has been initiated in June 2012. It enables the mobility of researchers and will span until the end of next year.
>>>>> Stay tuned!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [*] Familiar: https://nyx.unice.fr/projects/familiar/
>>>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Alexandre
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> On Jul 18, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Tudor Girba wrote:
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>> Thanks.
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>> Doru
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>> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Alexandre Bergel
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>>> Posted on
>>>        http://www.moosetechnology.org/
>>>        http://www.moosetechnology.org/news/2012-07-18
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>>> Cheers,
>>> Alexandre
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>>>
>>> On Jul 17, 2012, at 5:10 PM, Alexandre Bergel wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sure!
>>>> Let me know when done
>>>>
>>>> Alexandre
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 17, 2012, at 5:02 PM, Tudor Girba wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Cool.
>>>>>
>>>>> It would be cool to have this as a piece of news on moosetechnology.org. Could you add it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Doru
>>>>>
>>>>> On 15 Jul 2012, at 23:02, Alexandre Bergel wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just to keep you informed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>>>>>> The field of software product lines is about managing variations in software configuration. The control software systems installed in a car typically reflect the different options one may want on a car. The space of configuration is often ridiculously large. The system of a BMW line has more different configurations than the amount of atoms the Universe is made of.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Software product lines are classically represented as a tree using a simple visual language. Whereas efficient at specification time, this language has several shortcomings, including poor ability to scale and ineffectiveness at understanding a large description.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> An ECOSud project has been granted by both the Chilean and the French national research agencies. The project involves the University of Chile and the Polytech Engineering school in Sophia Antipolis.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The topic of the project is to explore new ways to understand and verify large software product lines specified using the Familiar language [*]. First, a parser has been written using PetitParser. Second, a metamodelisation of the product lines has been made with Moose. The parser creates from a Familiar program an instance of the meta-model we designed. Glamour then gives us a navigation browser for free. Roassal is then used to visually represent a model structure and the result of their associated metrics.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A software product line specification involves many dimensions, e.g., the definition of a feature, interaction between features, constraints between group of features. All those dimensions cannot be effectively simultaneously explored. Roassal supports a large range of interactive visualization mechanisms to make a product line exploration effective.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The ECOSud project has been initiated in June 2012. It enables the mobility of researchers and will span until the end of next year.
>>>>>> Stay tuned!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [*] Familiar: https://nyx.unice.fr/projects/familiar/
>>>>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Alexandre
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> The field of software product lines is about managing variations in software configuration. The control software systems installed in a car typically reflect the different options one may want on a car. The space of configuration is often ridiculously large. The system of a BMW line has more different configurations than the amount of atoms the Universe is made of.
>
> Software product lines are classically represented as a tree using a simple visual language. Whereas efficient at specification time, this language has several shortcomings, including poor ability to scale and ineffectiveness at understanding a large description.
>
> An ECOSud project has been granted by both the Chilean and the French national research agencies. The project involves the University of Chile and the Polytech Engineering school in Sophia Antipolis.
>
> The topic of the project is to explore new ways to understand and verify large software product lines specified using the Familiar language [*]. First, a parser has been written using PetitParser. Second, a metamodelisation of the product lines has been made with Moose. The parser creates from a Familiar program an instance of the meta-model we designed. Glamour then gives us a navigation browser for free. Roassal is then used to visually represent a model structure and the result of their associated metrics.
>
> A software product line specification involves many dimensions, e.g., the definition of a feature, interaction between features, constraints between group of features. All those dimensions cannot be effectively simultaneously explored. Roassal supports a large range of interactive visualization mechanisms to make a product line exploration effective.
>
> The ECOSud project has been initiated in June 2012. It enables the mobility of researchers and will span until the end of next year.
> Stay tuned!
>
>
> [*] Familiar: https://nyx.unice.fr/projects/familiar/
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> Cheers,
> Alexandre
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> Great work Alex!
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> I play a little bit with your implementation.
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> Do you plan to add assets to features ?
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> Regards,
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> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 4:02 AM, Alexandre Bergel
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>> Hi!
>>
>> Just to keep you informed.
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>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>> The field of software product lines is about managing variations in software configuration. The control software systems installed in a car typically reflect the different options one may want on a car. The space of configuration is often ridiculously large. The system of a BMW line has more different configurations than the amount of atoms the Universe is made of.
>>
>> Software product lines are classically represented as a tree using a simple visual language. Whereas efficient at specification time, this language has several shortcomings, including poor ability to scale and ineffectiveness at understanding a large description.
>>
>> An ECOSud project has been granted by both the Chilean and the French national research agencies. The project involves the University of Chile and the Polytech Engineering school in Sophia Antipolis.
>>
>> The topic of the project is to explore new ways to understand and verify large software product lines specified using the Familiar language [*]. First, a parser has been written using PetitParser. Second, a metamodelisation of the product lines has been made with Moose. The parser creates from a Familiar program an instance of the meta-model we designed. Glamour then gives us a navigation browser for free. Roassal is then used to visually represent a model structure and the result of their associated metrics.
>>
>> A software product line specification involves many dimensions, e.g., the definition of a feature, interaction between features, constraints between group of features. All those dimensions cannot be effectively simultaneously explored. Roassal supports a large range of interactive visualization mechanisms to make a product line exploration effective.
>>
>> The ECOSud project has been initiated in June 2012. It enables the mobility of researchers and will span until the end of next year.
>> Stay tuned!
>>
>>
>> [*] Familiar: https://nyx.unice.fr/projects/familiar/
>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Alexandre
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>> Alexandre Bergel  http://www.bergel.eu
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