A Feature Model (FM) is a compact representation of all the products of a software product line. The automated extraction of information from FMs is a thriving research topic invo...
Sergio Segura, Robert M. Hierons, David Benavides,...
Declarative models play an important role in most software design activities, by allowing designs to be constructed that selectively abstract over complex implementation details. ...
Paulo Pinheiro da Silva, Tony Griffiths, Norman W....
We study (collapsible) higher-order pushdown systems -- theoretically robust and well-studied models of higher-order programs -- along with their natural subclass called (collapsi...
Software architecture is an important form of abstraction, representing the overall system structure and the relationship among components. When software is modified from one ver...
Component Based Development (CBD) aims at constructing software through the integration, using interfaces and contracts, between pre-existing components. The main goal of this wor...
Robson P. de Souza, Marcelo N. Costa, Regina M. M....