Title: Constraint-based configuration of embedded automotive software

Authors: Mihai Nica, Bernhard Peischl, Franz Wotawa

Addresses: Institute for Software Technology, Graz University of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria. ' Institute for Software Technology, Graz University of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria. ' Institute for Software Technology, Graz University of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria

Abstract: Adopting mass customisation approaches allows companies to build a variety of systems with a certain technical diversity. In the automotive industry thousands of variation points and configuration parameters need to be managed for engineering as well as production. Today we are aware of successful applications of configuration techniques in mass-volume production. However, the potential of variability management in engineering embedded automotive systems is recognised rather vaguely. In this paper, we apply configuration techniques for software deployment in the automotive domain. We discuss a simplified problem scenario, outline the used constraint-based model for software deployment, present a prototype implementation, and give first empirical results obtained from the prototype implementation of the constraint model.

Keywords: constraint-based configuration; automotive software; electronic control units; ECU; mass customisation; automobile industry; variability management; constraint modelling; software deployment.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMASSC.2010.037651

International Journal of Mass Customisation, 2010 Vol.3 No.4, pp.368 - 388

Published online: 20 Dec 2010 *

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