Fusion: a system for business users to manage program variability

In order to make software components more flexible and reusable, it is desirable to provide business users with facilities to assemble and control them without their needing programming knowledge. This paper describes a fully functional prototype middleware system where variability is externalized s...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on software engineering 2005-07, Vol.31 (7), p.570-587
Main Authors: Weber, S., Chan, H., Degenaro, L., Diament, J., Fokoue-Nkoutche, A., Rouvellou, I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Application software
Assembly
Business
Business communication
Code reuse
Companies
Computer programs
Design
domain-specific architectures
Flexibility
human factors in software design
Index Terms- Web site management/development tools
Knowledge management
Law
Logic
Middleware
middleware/business logic
Mortgage companies
Programmers
Programming
Programming languages
Programming profession
Prototypes
Reusable
Software
Software engineering
Software reusability
specialized application languages
Studies
Technology adoption
User interface
user interfaces
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Summary:In order to make software components more flexible and reusable, it is desirable to provide business users with facilities to assemble and control them without their needing programming knowledge. This paper describes a fully functional prototype middleware system where variability is externalized so that core applications need not be altered for anticipated changes. In this system, application behavior modification is fast and easy, making this middleware suitable for frequently changing programs.
ISSN:0098-5589
1939-3520
DOI:10.1109/TSE.2005.82