Abstract
Evolution is crucial in Software Process Modeling (PM) and its support systems. EPOS is a PM support system, using the same Configuration Management (CM) techniques for the Process Schema (types and meta-types) as for instances of these (tasks with related products and tools etc.).
Further, EPOS merges CM and PM with AI, applying AI planning to an important area of Software Engineering. Given a goal, the EPOS Planner instantiates a hierarchical task network based on the available task types and the current Product Structure. When the Product Structure or task types change, the network may have to be partially reconstructed.
This paper presents a general, incremental replanning algorithm, which readjusts the existing task network to reflect the changes in the Product Structure and/or in task types. The mechanism to automatically initiate replanning upon changes is also discussed.
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Liu, C., Conradi, R. (1993). Automatic replanning of task networks for process model evolution in EPOS. In: Sommerville, I., Paul, M. (eds) Software Engineering — ESEC '93. ESEC 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 717. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57209-0_29
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