Quality-centric feature model configuration using goal models.

In software product line engineering, a feature model represents the possible configuration space and can be customized based on the stakeholders' needs. Considering the complexity of feature models in addition to the diversity of the stake-holders' expectations, the configuration process is viewed as a complex optimization problem. In this paper, we propose a holistic approach for the configuration process that seeks to satisfy the stakeholders' requirements as well as the feature models' structural and integrity constraints. Here, we model stakeholders' functional and non-functional needs and their preferences using requirement engineering goal models. We formalize the structure of the feature model, the stake-holders' objectives, and their preferences in the form of an integer linear program to automatically perform feature selection.