Title :
A Traceability Approach to Constructing Feature Model from Use Case Models
Author :
Lin, Yanyan ; Zhou, Xiaofeng
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Comput. & Inf. Eng., HoHai Univ., Nanjing, China
Abstract :
Features have been widely used in the field of domain engineering to model commonality and variability among a family of related systems. In order to obtain a precise feature model and make sure that each element in the feature model establishes its reason for existing, we propose a trace ability approach to constructing domain feature model from use case models. In this approach, a domain use case diagram (DUCD) is first constructed from a set of system use case diagrams (UCDs), and then an initial feature model is derived from the DUCD and further extended by use case specifications. During each process, we use a relational table to build trace ability relationships between features and use cases. A case study on library management domain is introduced to illustrate the feasibility of this approach.
Keywords :
formal specification; libraries; DUCD; domain engineering; domain feature model construction; domain use case diagram; library management; model commonality; model variability; relational table; system use case diagram; traceability approach; use case model; use case specification; Books; Computational modeling; Computer aided software engineering; Educational institutions; Feature extraction; Libraries; Object oriented modeling; domain engineering; feature model; traceability; use case;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science & Service System (CSSS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nanjing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0721-5
DOI :
10.1109/CSSS.2012.142