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Product Line Architectures and Service Utilization Metrics

Students: Kevin Dodd, Jessica Chou

Advisor: André van der Hoek

Abstract: Several metrics have been utilized to analyze various aspects of software systems and have led to varying degrees of success. However, there are few metrics in existence that are applicable to software architectures. Furthermore, of those in existence, none directly capture the structural aspects inherent in Product Line Architectures. A Product Line Architecture models the commonality of a set of related products while still expressing their individual differences, exploiting the ideas of variability and optionality. The idea of a Service Utilization Metric was developed to directly address these two characteristics and provide a way to analyze the overall quality of a PLA as it evolves over time. Using this metric as our method of analysis we have developed a tool that generates a visual representation of the quality of a particular PLA using its architectural specification.

Bio: Kevin Dodd is an undergraduate at the school of Information of Computer Science at the University of California Irvine. He is specializing in Software Systems and his research interest is software architecture.