Research Plan
In this area we detail the project plan, grouped by three macro-activities.- Evaluate existing approaches
- Design and specify language constructs for SPL
- Evaluate proposed constructs
(ATV1) Evaluate existing approaches
This macro-activity will bring a better understanding about the limitations of existing techniques used to modularize features of a software product line. To achieve that, the following sub-activities have been planed.
(ATV]1-1) Evaluation design
This activity aims to specify the Goals, Questions, and Metrics of the study, the existing techniques to be evaluated, and the target case studies. (ATV1-2) Evaluation execution This activity aims to implement the selected case studies in each evaluated technique. Depending on the evaluation goals, we might have to implement more than one release of each case study. (ATV1-3) Metrics evaluation This activity aims to compute the selected metrics from the case studies, improving our confidence when evaluating the modularity support of each technique. Here, we might have to implement or customise tools for computing the selected metrics. (ATV1-4) Analysis of the results This activity aims to identify the limitations of existing programming languages and techniques, leading to the first contributions of the project.
This activity aims to specify the Goals, Questions, and Metrics of the study, the existing techniques to be evaluated, and the target case studies. (ATV1-2) Evaluation execution This activity aims to implement the selected case studies in each evaluated technique. Depending on the evaluation goals, we might have to implement more than one release of each case study. (ATV1-3) Metrics evaluation This activity aims to compute the selected metrics from the case studies, improving our confidence when evaluating the modularity support of each technique. Here, we might have to implement or customise tools for computing the selected metrics. (ATV1-4) Analysis of the results This activity aims to identify the limitations of existing programming languages and techniques, leading to the first contributions of the project.
(ATV2) Design and specify language constructs for SPL development
This macro-activity aims to specify and implement language extensions for the modular implementation of features in SPLs. To do that, we should have carefully evaluated the existing approaches in the previous iteration. The following activities have been planed:
(ATV2-1) Selection of the base programming language
This activity aims to identify which of the evaluated languages present better support for extensions, with respect to the introduction of new language constructors for the modular implementation of SPL features.
(ATV2-2) Design of the language extensions
This activity aims to design the language extensions, by specifying and verifying the type system correctness and by precisely defining the semantics of the proposed language constructs.
(ATV2-3) Implement language extensions
This activity aims to implement compilers and editors that support the proposed language constructs,
(ATV2-4) Present the results
This activity is proposed to present the achieved results in conferences and journals related to the research areas.
(ATV3) Evaluate proposed constructs for SPL development
This macro-activity aims to evaluate the language constructs in the selected case studies, in order to better understand their improvements on feature modularity.Initial research plan for the first year
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| ATV1-2 | x | x | x | ||||||||||
| ATV1-3 | x | x | |||||||||||
| ATV1-4 | x | x | |||||||||||
| ATV2-1 | x | ||||||||||||
| ATV2-2 | x | x | x | ||||||||||
| ATV2-3 | x | x | x | x | |||||||||
| ATV2-4 | x | x | x | x | |||||||||
| ATV3 | x | x | x | x | |||||||||
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