Preface to the special issue on feature-oriented software development (FOSD 2009)

摘要

The idea of feature-oriented software development (FOSD) is to decompose a software system in terms of the features it provides. A feature is a unit of functionality that satisfies a requirement, represents a design decision, and provides a potential configuration option. Typically, from a set of features, many different software systems, called variants, can be generated that share common features and differ in other features. The complete set of variants is also called a software product line. Systematic software product-line development based on features has a number of benefits, among others, the ability to generate reliable and efficient software systems based on well-tested and verified software artifacts. So it is not surprising that the product-line paradigm has received considerable attention in research and industry. The FOSD workshop series aims at exploring the foundations, applications, and implications of feature-oriented software development.