Prototyping Dynamic Software Product Lines to evaluate run-time reconfigurations》.pdf

Science of Computer Programming 78 (2013) 2399–2413 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Science of Computer Programming journal homepage: /locate/scico Prototyping Dynamic Software Product Lines to evaluate run-time reconfigurations Carlos Cetina a,∗, Pau Giner b , Joan Fons b , Vicente Pelechano b a Pervasive Computing Research Group, San Jorge University, Autovía A-23 Zaragoza-Huesca Km. 299, 50830, Spain b Centro de Investigación en Métodos de Producción de50830, 50830, Software, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, E-46022, Spain a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Dynamic Software Product Lines (DSPL) encompass systems that are capable of modifying Received 7 February 2011 their own behavior with respect to changes in their operating environment by using run- Received in revised form 28 May 2012 time reconfigurations. A failure in these reconfigurations can directly impact the user Accepted 12 June 2012 experience since the reconfigurations are performed when the system is already under the Available online 11 July 2012 users control. In this work, we prototype a Smart Hotel DSPL to evaluate the reliability- based risk of the DSPL reconfigurations, specifically, the probability of malfunctioning Keywords: (Availability) and the consequences of malfunctioning (Severity). This DSPL prototype was Dynamic Software Product Line Variability modeling performed w