Paper Info
Title
An MDE-based approach for solving configuration problems: an application to the eclipse platform
Abstract
Most of us have experienced configuration issues when installing new software applications. Finding the right configuration is often a challenging task since we need to deal with many dependencies between plug-ins, components, libraries, packages, etc; sometimes even regarding specific versions of the involved artefacts. Right now, most configuration engines are adhoc tools designed for specific configuration scenarios. This makes their reuse in different contexts very difficult. In this paper we report on our experience in following a MDE-based approach to solve configuration problems. In our approach, the configuration problem is represented as a model that abstracts all irrelevant technological details and facilitates the use of generic (constraint) solvers to find optimal solutions. This approach has been applied by an industrial partner to the management of plug-ins in the Eclipse framework, a big issue for all the technology providers that distribute Eclipsebased tools.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1007/978-3-642-21470-7_12
ECMFA
Keywords
Field
DocType
adhoc tool,configuration problem,configuration engine,specific configuration scenario,right configuration,mde-based approach,eclipse framework,experienced configuration issue,eclipsebased tool,specific version,cartography,eclipse,configuration,plug in
Systems engineering,Computer science,Reuse,Installation,Software,Eclipse,Plug-in
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
6698
0302-9743
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
8
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Guillaume Doux1201.60
Patrick Albert291.59
Gabriel Barbier300.34
Jordi Cabot41677132.70
Marcos Didonet Del Fabro527334.14
Scott Uk-jin Lee6265.96