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Feature Integration in Requirements Engineering (Fireworks)
Duration
1997-2000
Keywords
features, features interaction, features integration, requirements engineering, telecommunications
Description
- Background
- A feature is a small modification or extension of a
system, which usually the user perceives as having a
self-contained functional role.
Feature integration is the process by which the
requirements of a feature are `integrated' into the specification
of the system.
This kind of incremental system development raises questions about
the compatibility of successive feature integrations; this has
become known as the "Feature Interaction Problem". The
Feature Interaction Problem has received a lot of attention in the
field of telecommunications, where new services are constantly
developed and deployed.
- Objectives
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FIREworks will develop feature-oriented specification methods, in which
features are treated as `first-class citizens' and which will address the
potential conflicts between features.
- Deliverables
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The aim of FIREworks is to provide a method with which companies can build
products by taking an existing product and adding, removing, or respecifying
some features. Such a method will consist of feature-oriented specification
languages and suitable validation tools.
Research unit(s)
Research theme(s)
Staff (finished contracts)
Chairperson(s) |
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| Pierre-Yves SCHOBBENS | Leader | 081/724990 | |
Research staff |
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| Jean-Francois RASKIN | Researcher | ||
| Jean-Marc ZEIPPEN | Researcher | ||
Publications (2)
Collective work contributions
Franck CASSEZ, Mark RYAN, Pierre-Yves SCHOBBENS
PHD theses
Christophe GASTON, Marc AIGUIER
Collaborations
- The University of Birmingham, School of Computer Science
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale à Brest, Informatique
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Departamento Ingeniería de Sistemas Telemáticos
- Laboratoire Lorrain de recherche en Informatique et ses applications (LORIA)
- Instituto Superior Tecnico, Matematica/Computer Science
- Université d'Évry, Laboratoire de mathématiques et d'informatique
- Aalborg University, Department of Computer Science
- Istituto Trentino di Cultura, Istituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica
- University of Edinburgh, Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science
- Institut d'informatique et de mathématiques appliquées de Grenoble, Laboratoire Logiciels, Systèmes, Réseaux
- Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Institut für Technische und Betriebliche Informationssysteme
Contracts
- Commission européenne, DG III Industry
