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Managed Software Evolution

Editors:

  1. Ralf Reussner

    1. Institute for Program Structures and Data Organization, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

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  2. Michael Goedicke

    1. paluno, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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  3. Wilhelm Hasselbring

    1. Software Engineering Group Dept. Computer Science, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany

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  4. Birgit Vogel-Heuser

    1. Institute of Automation and Information Systems, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany

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  5. Jan Keim

    1. Institute for Program Structures and Data Organization, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

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  6. Lukas Märtin

    1. Institute for Programming and Reactive Systems, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

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  • Introduces an overarching process that integrates development, adaptation, monitoring, evolution, and maintenance of software and accompanying hardware platforms

  • Offers a comprehensive overview of the outcomes of the German Research Foundation’s priority program 1593 “Design for Future – Managed Software Evolution”

  • Written mainly for scientific researchers and advanced professionals working to solve problems that are becoming increasingly important in industrial applications

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introducing Managed Software Evolution

      • Ralf Reussner, Michael Goedicke, Wilhelm Hasselbring, Birgit Vogel-Heuser, Jan Keim, Lukas Märtin
      Pages 3-8Open Access

    3. The Nature of Software Evolution

      • Gabriele Taentzer, Michael Goedicke, Barbara Paech, Kurt Schneider, Andy Schürr, Birgit Vogel-Heuser
      Pages 9-20Open Access

    4. Addressed Challenges

      • Reiner Jung, Lukas Märtin, Jan Ole Johanssen, Barbara Paech, Malte Lochau, Thomas Thüm et al.
      Pages 21-36Open Access

    5. Introduction to Case Studies

      • Safa Bougouffa, Kiana Busch, Robert Heinrich, Christopher Haubeck, Suhyun Cha, Ralf Reussner et al.
      Pages 37-73Open Access

  3. Knowledge Carrying Software

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Tacit Knowledge in Software Evolution

      • Jan Ole Johanssen, Fabien Patrick Viertel, Bernd Bruegge, Kurt Schneider
      Pages 77-105Open Access

    3. Continuous Design Decision Support

      • Anja Kleebaum, Marco Konersmann, Michael Langhammer, Barbara Paech, Michael Goedicke, Ralf Reussner
      Pages 107-139Open Access

    4. Model-Based Round-Trip Engineering and Testing of Evolving Software Product Lines

      • Malte Lochau, Dennis Reuling, Johannes Bürdek, Timo Kehrer, Sascha Lity, Andy Schürr et al.
      Pages 141-173Open Access

    5. Performance Analysis Strategies for Software Variants and Versions

      • Thomas Thüm, André van Hoorn, Sven Apel, Johannes Bürdek, Sinem Getir, Robert Heinrich et al.
      Pages 175-206Open Access

    6. Maintaining Security in Software Evolution

      • Jan Jürjens, Kurt Schneider, Jens Bürger, Fabien Patrick Viertel, Daniel Strüber, Michael Goedicke et al.
      Pages 207-253Open Access

    7. Learning from Evolution for Evolution

      • Stefan Kögel, Matthias Tichy, Abhishek Chakraborty, Alexander Fay, Birgit Vogel-Heuser, Christopher Haubeck et al.
      Pages 255-308Open Access

    8. Formal Verification of Evolutionary Changes

      • Bernhard Beckert, Jakob Mund, Mattias Ulbrich, Alexander Weigl
      Pages 309-332Open Access

  4. Results and Spin-Offs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 333-333
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    2. Case Studies for the Community

      • Safa Bougouffa, Kiana Busch, Robert Heinrich, André van Hoorn, Marco Konersmann, Stephan Seifermann et al.
      Pages 335-374Open Access

    3. Lessons Learned

      • Ralf Reussner, Michael Goedicke, Wilhelm Hasselbring, Birgit Vogel-Heuser, Jan Keim, Lukas Märtin
      Pages 375-380Open Access

    4. Future Research

      • Ralf Reussner, Michael Goedicke, Wilhelm Hasselbring, Birgit Vogel-Heuser, Jan Keim, Lukas Märtin
      Pages 381-388Open Access

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 389-426
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About this book

This open access book presents the outcomes of the “Design for Future – Managed Software Evolution” priority program 1593, which was launched by the German Research Foundation (“Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)”) to develop new approaches to software engineering with a specific focus on long-lived software systems. The different lifecycles of software and hardware platforms lead to interoperability problems in such systems. Instead of separating the development, adaptation and evolution of software and its platforms, as well as aspects like operation, monitoring and maintenance, they should all be integrated into one overarching process.

Accordingly, the book is split into three major parts, the first of which includes an introduction to the nature of software evolution, followed by an overview of the specific challenges and a general introduction to the case studies used in the project. The second part of the book consists of the main chapters on knowledge carrying software, and cover tacit knowledge in software evolution, continuous design decision support, model-based round-trip engineering for software product lines, performance analysis strategies, maintaining security in software evolution, learning from evolution for evolution, and formal verification of evolutionary changes. In turn, the last part of the book presents key findings and spin-offs. The individual chapters there describe various case studies, along with their benefits, deliverables and the respective lessons learned. An overview of future research topics rounds out the coverage.

The book was mainly written for scientific researchers and advanced professionals with an academic background. They will benefit from its comprehensive treatment of various topics related to problems that are now gaining in importance, given the higher costs for maintenance and evolution in comparison to the initial development, and the fact that today, most software is not developed from scratch, but as part of a continuum of former and future releases.
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Keywords

  • Open Access
  • Software Evolution
  • Software Engineering
  • Software Development
  • Software Product Lines
  • Software Maintenance
  • Model-Driven Software Engineering
  • Software Versioning
  • Formal Methods
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Program Structures and Data Organization, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

    Ralf Reussner, Jan Keim

  • paluno, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

    Michael Goedicke

  • Software Engineering Group Dept. Computer Science, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany

    Wilhelm Hasselbring

  • Institute of Automation and Information Systems, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany

    Birgit Vogel-Heuser

  • Institute for Programming and Reactive Systems, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

    Lukas Märtin

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About the editors

Prof Dr. Ralf Reussner holds the chair of Software Design and Quality at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Since 2006, he is director at the FZI – Forschungszentrum Informatik in Karlsruhe and since 2011 member of the Board of Scientific Directors. He was founder and first head of the GI Chapter on Software Architecture. Since 2015, he is head of the coordination board of the DFG Priority Programme 1593. His research interests include, among others, component-based software engineering, quality attributes of software, software design, and software architectures.

Prof. Dr. Michael Goedicke is head of the working group “Specification of Software Systems” at the University of Duisburg-Essen. He is vice president of the GI and Chair of the Technical Assembly of the IFIP. His research interests include, among others, software engineering methods, technical specification and realization of software systems, and software architecture and modelling.

Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Hasselbring holds the chair of Software Engineering at Kiel University since 2008. From 2000 to 2008 he headed the Chair of Software Engineering at the University of Oldenburg. In the competence cluster Software Systems Engineering (KoSSE), he coordinates technology transfer projects with industry. His research interests include, among others, distributed systems, software quality and software architectures.

Prof. Dr. Birgit Vogel-Heuser is head of the Institute of Automation and Information Systems at the Technical University of Munich. 10 years in industry and more than 15 years in academia provided her with significant experience in software engineering for machine and plant manufacturing. Her research interests include, among others, modelling of distributed embedded systems in automation and system and software evolution of automated production systems (aPS). Such aPS are complex mechatronic systems that often undergo innovations as addressed in the CRC 768 she is speaker of.

Jan Keim is researcher at the chair of Architecture-driven Requirements Engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). He is managing director of the DFG Priority Programme 1593 where he, among others, promoted collaborations within the programme by coordinated joint-activities like workshops. His research interests include software architecture documentation and natural language understanding.

Dr. Lukas Märtin holds a Ph.D. from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). His thesis examines the predictive assessment of feasible design options to support cost-efficient decision support in reconfiguring software-intensive technical systems with limited maintenance access. As managing director of the DFG Priority Programme 1593 in both funding periods, he promoted collaborations within the programme by coordinated joint-activities until summer 2018.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Managed Software Evolution

  • Editors: Ralf Reussner, Michael Goedicke, Wilhelm Hasselbring, Birgit Vogel-Heuser, Jan Keim, Lukas Märtin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13499-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2019

  • License: CC BY

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13498-3Published: 08 July 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13501-0Published: 14 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-13499-0Published: 26 June 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 426

  • Number of Illustrations: 81 b/w illustrations, 79 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Software Engineering, Software Management, IT Operations, Theory of Computation

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