Co** with evolution in automated production systems implies a cross-disciplinary
challenge along the system's life-cycle for variant-rich systems of high complexity. The …

Although Software Product Lines are recurrently praised as an efficient paradigm for
systematic reuse, practical adoption remains challenging. For bottom-up Software Product …

Sleep deprivation attacks are a form of denial of service attack whereby an attacker renders
a pervasive computing device inoperable by draining the battery more quickly than it would …

Abstract Models capture relevant properties of systems. During the models' life-cycle, they
are subjected to manipulations with different goals such as managing software evolution …

Automated production systems (aPS) are highly customized systems that consist of
hardware and software. Such aPS are controlled by a programmable logic controller (PLC) …

Abstract Many applications in Model-Driven Engineering involve processing multiple models
or metamodels. A good example is the comparison and merging of metamodel variants into …

The application of search-based software engineering techniques to new problems is
increasing. Feature location is one of the most important and common activities performed …

Abstract Model transformation systems often contain transformation rules that are
substantially similar to each other, causing maintenance issues and performance …

In this work we propose a feature location approach that targets models as the feature
realization artifacts. The approach combines Genetic Algorithms and Information Retrieval …

Family-based behavioral analysis operates on a single specification artifact, referred to as
family model, annotated with feature constraints to express behavioral variability in terms of …