Representing Variability in Software Architecture: A Systematic Literature Review

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Haider, U., Woods, E. and Bashroush, R. 2018. Representing Variability in Software Architecture: A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of Software Engineering and Computer Systems. 4 (2), pp. 19-37. https://doi.org/10.15282/ijsecs.4.2.2018.2.0046
AuthorsHaider, U., Woods, E. and Bashroush, R.
Abstract

Variability in software
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intensive systems is the ability of a software artefact (e.g., a
system, subsystem, or component) to be extended, customised or configured for
deployment in a specific context. Software Architecture is
a high
-
level description of a
software
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intensive system that abstracts the system implementation details allowing the
architect to view the system as a whole.
Although variability in software architecture is
recognised as a challenge in multiple domains,
there has been no formal consensus on
how variability should be captured or represented. The objective of this research was to
provide a snapshot of the state
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of
-
the
-
art on representing variability in software
architecture while assessing the nature of the
different approaches. To achieve this
objective, a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) was conducted covering literature
produced from January 1991 until June 2016. Then, grounded theory was used to
conduct the analysis and draw conclusions from data, mini
mising threats to validity. In
this paper
, we report on the findings from the study.

JournalInternational Journal of Software Engineering and Computer Systems
Journal citation4 (2), pp. 19-37
ISSN22898522
Year2018
PublisherUniversiti Malaysia Pahang
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.15282/ijsecs.4.2.2018.2.0046
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