{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2051967195","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/jsyst.2013.2260092","title":"A Systems Approach to Product Line Requirements Reuse","display_name":"A Systems Approach to Product Line Requirements Reuse","publication_year":2013,"publication_date":"2013-06-21","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2051967195","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/jsyst.2013.2260092","mag":"2051967195"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/jsyst.2013.2260092","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/jsyst.2013.2260092","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S95999327","display_name":"IEEE Systems Journal","issn_l":"1932-8184","issn":["1932-8184","1937-9234","2373-7816"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Systems Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5044324103","display_name":"Nan Niu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5566-2368"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I99041443","display_name":"Mississippi State University","ror":"https://ror.org/0432jq872","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210141039","https://openalex.org/I99041443"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Nan Niu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University, MSU, MS, USA","Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University, MSU, MS, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99041443"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99041443"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5111417837","display_name":"Juha Savolainen","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210117054","display_name":"Danfoss (Denmark)","ror":"https://ror.org/039pgdx28","country_code":"DK","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210117054"]}],"countries":["DK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Juha Savolainen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Danfoss Power Electronics A/S, Graasten, Denmark","Danfoss Power Electron. A/S, Graasten, Denmark"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Danfoss Power Electronics A/S, Graasten, Denmark","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210117054"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Danfoss Power Electron. A/S, Graasten, Denmark","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210117054"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082774439","display_name":"Zhendong Niu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0576-7572"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I125839683","display_name":"Beijing Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01skt4w74","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I125839683","https://openalex.org/I890469752"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zhendong Niu","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computer Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China","School of Computer Science & Technology Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I125839683"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science & Technology Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I125839683"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5061830189","display_name":"Mingzhou Jin","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2387-8129"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I75027704","display_name":"University of Tennessee at Knoxville","ror":"https://ror.org/020f3ap87","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I75027704"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mingzhou Jin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Industrial and Information Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA","Dept. of Ind. & Inf. Eng., Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Industrial and Information Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I75027704"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dept. of Ind. & Inf. Eng., Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I75027704"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5037380566","display_name":"Jing-Ru C. Cheng","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2281-0288"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1304082316","display_name":"United States Department of the Army","ror":"https://ror.org/035w1gb98","country_code":"US","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1304082316","https://openalex.org/I1330347796"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210088792","display_name":"United States Army","ror":"https://ror.org/00afsp483","country_code":"US","type":"funder","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1304082316","https://openalex.org/I1330347796","https://openalex.org/I4210088792"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I87303767","display_name":"U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center","ror":"https://ror.org/027mhn368","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1304082316","https://openalex.org/I1306490931","https://openalex.org/I1330347796","https://openalex.org/I87303767"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210126846","display_name":"Information Technology Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/0440c3437","country_code":"US","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1321296531","https://openalex.org/I1343035065","https://openalex.org/I4210126846"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jing-Ru C. Cheng","raw_affiliation_strings":["Information Technology Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, USA","Eng. R&D Center, Inf. Technol. Lab., U.S. Army, Vicksburg, MS, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Information Technology Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87303767","https://openalex.org/I4210088792","https://openalex.org/I4210126846"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Eng. R&D Center, Inf. Technol. Lab., U.S. Army, Vicksburg, MS, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1304082316"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5044324103"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99041443"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.3281,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":38,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.94260087,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"8","issue":"3","first_page":"827","last_page":"836"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10639","display_name":"Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10639","display_name":"Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10679","display_name":"Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services","score":0.9972000122070312,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11450","display_name":"Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques","score":0.9923999905586243,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reuse","display_name":"Reuse","score":0.7356236577033997},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/domain-engineering","display_name":"Domain engineering","score":0.7238088846206665},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6272633671760559},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/overhead","display_name":"Overhead (engineering)","score":0.6186339855194092},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reliability-engineering","display_name":"Reliability engineering","score":0.5881732106208801},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-product-line","display_name":"Software product line","score":0.5852553248405457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/domain-analysis","display_name":"Domain analysis","score":0.5506618618965149},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/domain","display_name":"Domain (mathematical analysis)","score":0.491929292678833},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/requirement-prioritization","display_name":"Requirement prioritization","score":0.4695119559764862},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/asset","display_name":"Asset (computer security)","score":0.46863365173339844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/product","display_name":"Product (mathematics)","score":0.4542546570301056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.4504552483558655},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.4094163179397583},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-system","display_name":"Software system","score":0.38688990473747253},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/systems-engineering","display_name":"Systems engineering","score":0.37814241647720337},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/component-based-software-engineering","display_name":"Component-based software engineering","score":0.364518404006958},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/requirements-engineering","display_name":"Requirements engineering","score":0.32926326990127563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/requirement","display_name":"Requirement","score":0.31979066133499146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development","display_name":"Software development","score":0.2733510136604309},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.2060708999633789},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-construction","display_name":"Software construction","score":0.14382347464561462}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206588197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846574","display_name":"Reuse","level":2,"score":0.7356236577033997},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C5977032","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5289815","display_name":"Domain engineering","level":5,"score":0.7238088846206665},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6272633671760559},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779960059","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7113681","display_name":"Overhead (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.6186339855194092},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C200601418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2193887","display_name":"Reliability engineering","level":1,"score":0.5881732106208801},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778177629","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2111823","display_name":"Software product line","level":4,"score":0.5852553248405457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15708719","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2271801","display_name":"Domain analysis","level":5,"score":0.5506618618965149},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36503486","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11235244","display_name":"Domain (mathematical analysis)","level":2,"score":0.491929292678833},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C130505052","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7314872","display_name":"Requirement prioritization","level":5,"score":0.4695119559764862},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76178495","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4808784","display_name":"Asset (computer security)","level":2,"score":0.46863365173339844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90673727","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901718","display_name":"Product (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.4542546570301056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.4504552483558655},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.4094163179397583},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149091818","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2429814","display_name":"Software system","level":3,"score":0.38688990473747253},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201995342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682496","display_name":"Systems engineering","level":1,"score":0.37814241647720337},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C174683762","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q609588","display_name":"Component-based software engineering","level":4,"score":0.364518404006958},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C6604083","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q376937","display_name":"Requirements engineering","level":3,"score":0.32926326990127563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C135475081","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q774228","display_name":"Requirement","level":4,"score":0.31979066133499146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.2733510136604309},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.2060708999633789},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186846655","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3398377","display_name":"Software construction","level":4,"score":0.14382347464561462},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C548081761","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180388","display_name":"Waste management","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134306372","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7754","display_name":"Mathematical analysis","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/jsyst.2013.2260092","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/jsyst.2013.2260092","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S95999327","display_name":"IEEE Systems Journal","issn_l":"1932-8184","issn":["1932-8184","1937-9234","2373-7816"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Systems Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.5,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1996778230","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"W912HZ-10-C-0101","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338258","funder_display_name":"Engineer Research and Development Center"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G532274434","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"CCF-1238336","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","funder_display_name":"National Science Foundation"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7685093843","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"DTOS59-09-G-00058","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306108","funder_display_name":"U.S. Department of Transportation"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","display_name":"National Science Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/021nxhr62"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306108","display_name":"U.S. Department of Transportation","ror":"https://ror.org/02xfw2e90"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338258","display_name":"Engineer Research and Development Center","ror":"https://ror.org/027mhn368"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":41,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1501652040","https://openalex.org/W1583668165","https://openalex.org/W1612115809","https://openalex.org/W1934024762","https://openalex.org/W1978061107","https://openalex.org/W1990906822","https://openalex.org/W2006479099","https://openalex.org/W2025343047","https://openalex.org/W2040961707","https://openalex.org/W2055779639","https://openalex.org/W2098940740","https://openalex.org/W2099213660","https://openalex.org/W2100742239","https://openalex.org/W2108466448","https://openalex.org/W2109881013","https://openalex.org/W2113582053","https://openalex.org/W2113657762","https://openalex.org/W2126129257","https://openalex.org/W2129997315","https://openalex.org/W2131583233","https://openalex.org/W2134056140","https://openalex.org/W2134199742","https://openalex.org/W2134928001","https://openalex.org/W2136556946","https://openalex.org/W2150044436","https://openalex.org/W2157269301","https://openalex.org/W2158603705","https://openalex.org/W2159375358","https://openalex.org/W2163351999","https://openalex.org/W2325227998","https://openalex.org/W2429471114","https://openalex.org/W2476732026","https://openalex.org/W2477378326","https://openalex.org/W2772656255","https://openalex.org/W3021589601","https://openalex.org/W3021916629","https://openalex.org/W3023491930","https://openalex.org/W4205625182","https://openalex.org/W4243384190","https://openalex.org/W6679797431","https://openalex.org/W7005709618"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1964194341","https://openalex.org/W2059854001","https://openalex.org/W2011440185","https://openalex.org/W2117443522","https://openalex.org/W2096781797","https://openalex.org/W2791248689","https://openalex.org/W2113770490","https://openalex.org/W2100742239","https://openalex.org/W2783895488","https://openalex.org/W1600480122"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Product":[0],"line":[1,44],"engineering":[2,45],"has":[3],"become":[4],"the":[5,22,31,35,51,84,99,125],"main":[6],"method":[7],"for":[8],"achieving":[9],"systematic":[10],"software":[11],"reuse.":[12],"Embracing":[13],"requirements":[14,64],"in":[15],"a":[16,58,105,138],"product":[17,43],"line's":[18],"asset":[19],"base":[20],"enhances":[21],"effectiveness":[23,103],"of":[24],"reuse":[25],"as":[26,81],"engineers":[27],"can":[28],"work":[29],"on":[30],"abstractions":[32],"closer":[33],"to":[34,42,61,72,82,97,108],"domain's":[36],"initial":[37],"concepts.":[38],"Conventional":[39],"proactive":[40],"approaches":[41],"cause":[46],"excessive":[47],"overhead":[48,101],"when":[49],"codifying":[50],"assets.":[52],"In":[53],"this":[54],"paper,":[55],"we":[56,93],"propose":[57],"systems-oriented":[59],"approach":[60,136],"extracting":[62],"functional":[63],"profiles.":[65],"The":[66,113],"validated":[67],"extraction":[68,100,127],"constructs":[69],"are":[70],"amenable":[71],"semantic":[73],"case":[74,106],"analysis":[75],"and":[76,87,102,104,133],"orthogonal":[77],"variability":[78],"modeling,":[79],"so":[80],"uncover":[83],"variation":[85],"structure":[86],"constraints.":[88],"To":[89],"evaluate":[90],"our":[91,110,117,135],"approach,":[92],"present":[94],"an":[95,121],"experiment":[96],"quantify":[98],"study":[107],"assess":[109],"approach's":[111],"usefulness.":[112],"results":[114],"show":[115],"that":[116,134],"automatic":[118],"support":[119],"offers":[120],"order-of-magnitude":[122],"saving":[123],"over":[124],"manual":[126],"effort":[128],"without":[129],"significantly":[130],"compromising":[131],"quality":[132],"receives":[137],"positive":[139],"adoption":[140],"rate":[141],"by":[142],"systems":[143],"engineers.":[144]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}