Artifact-Based Analysis for the Development of Collaborative Embedded Systems

Springer eBooks, pp. 315–331

Abstract

Abstract One of the major challenges of heterogeneous tool environments is the management of different artifacts and their relationships. Artifacts can be interdependent in many ways, but dependencies are not always obvious. Furthermore, different artifact types are highly heterogeneous, which makes tracing and analyzing their dependencies complicated. As development projects are subject to constant change, references to other artifacts can become outdated. Artifact modeling tackles these challenges by making the artifacts and relationships explicit and providing a means of automated analysis. We present a methodology for artifact-based analysis that enables analysis of heterogeneous tool environments for architectural properties, inconsistencies, and optimizations.

Authors 6

1. Steffen Hillemacher Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

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   RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

2. Nicolas Jäckel Aachen FEV Europe GmbH

   FEV (Germany)

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   FEV Europe GmbH, Aachen, Germany

3. Christopher Kugler Aachen FEV Europe GmbH

   FEV (Germany)

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   FEV Europe GmbH, Aachen, Germany

4. Philipp Orth Aachen FEV Europe GmbH

   FEV (Germany)

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   FEV Europe GmbH, Aachen, Germany

5. David Schmalzing Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

6. Louis Wachtmeister Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany