Human Centered Software Product Lines

• Main Authors: Sottet, Jean-Sébastien, García Frey, Alfonso, Vanderdonckt, Jean
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Nature 2017; Springer International Publishing AG; Springer International Publishing; Springer
• Edition: 1
• Series: Human–Computer Interaction Series
• Subjects: Computer programming, programs, data; Computer Science; Human-computer interaction; Software Engineering; User interfaces (Computer systems)-Design; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; User-centered system design
• ISBN: 3319609475; 9783319609478; 3319609459; 9783319609454
• ISSN: 1571-5035
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-60947-8

This book takes a unique HCI approach to the concept of Software Product Line (SPL) and discusses the peculiarities of human-computer interaction not usually addressed in more traditional approaches. SPL is based on industrial practices for defining a range of software products. SPL design identifie...

Table of Contents:

• Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Engineering Configuration Graphical User Interfaces from Variability Models -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Background -- 1.2.1 Feature Modelling -- 1.2.2 User Interface Modelling and Generation -- 1.2.2.1 User Interface Description Languages -- 1.2.2.2 Feature Models and GUIs -- 1.3 The MVP Configurator Pattern -- 1.4 From Feature Models to MVP Configurators -- 1.4.1 Illustration -- 1.4.2 Variability Modelling -- 1.4.2.1 General Principles and Language -- 1.4.2.2 Addressing Plan Example -- 1.4.2.3 Widget Selection -- 1.4.3 View Definition -- 1.4.3.1 General Principles and Language -- 1.4.3.2 Addressing Plan Example -- 1.4.4 Widget Selection -- 1.4.5 Beautification -- 1.4.5.1 General Principles and Language -- 1.4.5.2 Addressing Plan Example -- 1.4.6 Putting It All Together -- 1.4.6.1 General Principle -- 1.4.6.2 Addressing Plan Example -- 1.5 Lessons Learned -- 1.6 Perspectives -- 1.6.1 Multiple Targets -- 1.6.2 Ordering Views -- 1.6.3 Re-engineering -- 1.6.4 Product Selection -- 1.6.4.1 Product Comparators -- 1.6.4.2 Knowledge-Based Recommender Systems -- 1.6.5 Recommendations -- 1.6.6 Evalution of Configuration Interfaces -- 1.7 Conclusion -- References -- 2 User Interfaces and Dynamic Software Product Lines -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Motivation -- 2.2.1 Document-Oriented GUIs -- 2.2.2 Types of Variability -- 2.3 Previous Work -- 2.3.1 Static GUI Variability -- 2.3.2 Dynamic GUI Variability -- 2.3.3 Mixed Variability -- 2.4 Challenges -- 2.4.1 Annotative and Composition Approaches -- 2.4.2 Configuration Timing -- 2.4.3 GUI State -- 2.4.4 Adaptation Isolation -- 2.4.5 Consistency -- 2.5 Variability Design and Implementation -- 2.5.1 Document Refinement -- 2.5.1.1 Refinement Ordering -- 2.5.2 Source Code Variability -- 2.6 Generating the DSPL -- 2.6.1 Static Variability -- 2.6.2 Dynamic Variability
• 2.6.2.1 GUI Variant Generation -- 2.6.3 Source Code Generation and Transformation -- 2.6.3.1 Variant Management -- 2.6.4 Transformations -- 2.6.5 Runtime System Behaviour -- 2.7 Implementation -- 2.7.1 Tools -- 2.7.2 Android Implementations -- 2.8 Examples and Discussion -- 2.8.1 Examples -- 2.8.1.1 GUI Elements -- 2.8.1.2 GUI Element Properties -- 2.8.2 Limitations -- 2.8.2.1 Configuration Timing -- 2.8.2.2 Artefact Inconsistencies -- 2.8.3 Performance and Storage Consumption -- 2.9 Conclusions -- References -- 3 Variability Management and Assessment for User Interface Design -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Related Work -- 3.2.1 Feature Modelling -- 3.2.2 SPL Configuration -- 3.2.3 Model-Driven User Interfaces Variability -- 3.2.4 Testing Many Variants -- 3.3 UI-SPL Approach -- 3.3.1 Multi-FM Approach -- 3.3.2 Implementation: Model Transformation -- 3.4 Evaluation of Configuration: Rapid Prototyping -- 3.4.1 Step 1: Deriving All Relevant Configurations -- 3.4.2 Step 2: Variant Assessment -- 3.5 Case Study -- 3.5.1 The Contact List Example -- 3.5.2 Defining Configurations Chromosome -- 3.6 Case Study: Experimentation -- 3.7 Conclusion and Perspectives -- References -- 4 Feature-Based Elicitation of Cognitively Efficient Visualizations for SPL Configurations -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Example -- 4.3 Visualization Elicitation Method -- 4.3.1 Visualization Domain Engineering -- 4.3.1.1 Dataset FM -- 4.3.1.2 Visualization FM -- 4.3.2 Visualization Application Engineering -- 4.3.2.1 Data-Subset Configuration -- 4.3.2.2 Visualization Domain Restriction -- 4.3.2.3 Visualization Configuration -- 4.3.2.4 Data Mapping -- 4.4 Application -- 4.4.1 Visualization Domain Engineering -- 4.4.2 Visualization Application Engineering -- 4.4.2.1 Data-Subset Configuration -- 4.4.2.2 Visualization Domain Restriction -- 4.4.2.3 Visualization Configuration -- 4.4.2.4 Data Mapping
• 4.4.3 Resulting Visualization -- 4.5 Related Work -- 4.6 Conclusions -- References -- 5 Addressing Context-Awareness in User Interface Software Product Lines (UI-SPL) Approaches -- 5.1 IntroductionPlease check if identified section head levels are okay. -- 5.2 UI-SPL Approaches -- 5.3 Context Awareness in UI-SPL Approaches -- 5.3.1 Context Consideration at the Design Phase -- 5.3.2 Context Consideration at Run-Time -- 5.4 A Reference Schema for Context-Aware Adaptation -- 5.4.1 Design Elements -- 5.4.2 Transformations -- 5.4.3 Actors -- 5.5 Illustrative Case Study -- 5.5.1 The Development Process (Design Phase) -- 5.5.2 The Runtime Adaptation Mechanism -- 5.6 Conclusion -- References