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This paper focuses on the development of adaptive software, i.e., software that can automatically adapt its behavior at run-time in response to changes in the surrounding context in which it is situated. Furthermore, we focus on adaptation that is required to ensure continuous satisfaction of non-functional requirements. We propose that the implementation should be architected as a dynamic software product line (DSPL), whose target configurations can be generated dynamically. We discuss how the DSPL can be verified against non-functional requirements at design time through model checking. We also discuss how at run time the appropriate instance of the DSPL can be selected and dynamically installed and enacted as context changes are detected that can be handled correctly by such instance.
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Ghezzi, C., Molzam Sharifloo, A. (2013). Dealing with Non-Functional Requirements for Adaptive Systems via Dynamic Software Product-Lines. In: de Lemos, R., Giese, H., Müller, H.A., Shaw, M. (eds) Software Engineering for Self-Adaptive Systems II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7475. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35813-5_8
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