{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4213231589","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3510466.3510483","title":"Unified Operations for Variability in Space and Time","display_name":"Unified Operations for Variability in Space and Time","publication_year":2022,"publication_date":"2022-02-13","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4213231589","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3510466.3510483"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3510466.3510483","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3510466.3510483","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 16th International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://pure.itu.dk/portal/da/publications/def1275e-d44f-465c-8a7b-f5682d10c6af","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5108112407","display_name":"Sofia Ananieva","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I143379178","display_name":"FZI Research Center for Information Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/04kdh6x72","country_code":"DE","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I143379178"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Sofia Ananieva","raw_affiliation_strings":["FZI Research Center for Information Technology, Germany"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"FZI Research Center for Information Technology, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I143379178"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5057541021","display_name":"Sandra Greiner","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8950-0092"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I83467386","display_name":"IT University of Copenhagen","ror":"https://ror.org/02309jg23","country_code":"DK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I83467386"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I54009628","display_name":"University of Bayreuth","ror":"https://ror.org/0234wmv40","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I54009628"]}],"countries":["DE","DK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sandra Greiner","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Bayreuth, Germany and IT University Copenhagen, Denmark"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Bayreuth, Germany and IT University Copenhagen, Denmark","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I83467386","https://openalex.org/I54009628"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5028081543","display_name":"Jacob Krueger","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I95793202","display_name":"Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg","ror":"https://ror.org/00ggpsq73","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I95793202"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I904495901","display_name":"Ruhr University Bochum","ror":"https://ror.org/04tsk2644","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I904495901"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jacob Krueger","raw_affiliation_strings":["Otto-von-Guericke University, Germany and Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Otto-von-Guericke University, Germany and Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I95793202","https://openalex.org/I904495901"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5107980050","display_name":"Lukas Linsbauer","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8481-8288"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I94509681","display_name":"Technische Universit\u00e4t Braunschweig","ror":"https://ror.org/010nsgg66","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I94509681"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lukas Linsbauer","raw_affiliation_strings":["Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I94509681"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5060506749","display_name":"Sten Gruener","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210166982","display_name":"ABB (Germany)","ror":"https://ror.org/05yeg2858","country_code":"DE","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210166982","https://openalex.org/I885143765"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sten Gruener","raw_affiliation_strings":["ABB Corporate Research Germany, Germany"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"ABB Corporate Research Germany, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210166982"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5078065547","display_name":"Timo Kehrer","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2582-5557"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I118564535","display_name":"University of Bern","ror":"https://ror.org/02k7v4d05","country_code":"CH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I118564535"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I39343248","display_name":"Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin","ror":"https://ror.org/01hcx6992","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I39343248"]}],"countries":["CH","DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Timo Kehrer","raw_affiliation_strings":["Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Germany and University of Bern, Switzerland"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Germany and University of Bern, Switzerland","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I39343248","https://openalex.org/I118564535"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5014440493","display_name":"Thomas Kuehn","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9367-6119"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I102335020","display_name":"Karlsruhe Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/04t3en479","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I102335020","https://openalex.org/I1305996414"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Thomas Kuehn","raw_affiliation_strings":["Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102335020"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5073106224","display_name":"Christoph Seidl","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4539-8297"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I83467386","display_name":"IT University of Copenhagen","ror":"https://ror.org/02309jg23","country_code":"DK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I83467386"]}],"countries":["DK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Christoph Seidl","raw_affiliation_strings":["IT University Copenhagen, Denmark"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"IT University Copenhagen, Denmark","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I83467386"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5033445475","display_name":"Ralf Reussner","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9308-6290"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I102335020","display_name":"Karlsruhe Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/04t3en479","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I102335020","https://openalex.org/I1305996414"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ralf Reussner","raw_affiliation_strings":["Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102335020"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":9,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5108112407"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I143379178"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.38,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":10,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.83665696,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"10"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10639","display_name":"Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies","score":0.9998999834060669,"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":0.9998999834060669,"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/T12127","display_name":"Software System Performance and Reliability","score":0.9973999857902527,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"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/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9966999888420105,"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"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6623409986495972},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.4899112582206726},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/space","display_name":"Space (punctuation)","score":0.4675876796245575},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-science","display_name":"Data science","score":0.4330296814441681},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/space-exploration","display_name":"Space exploration","score":0.4293050765991211},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/industrial-engineering","display_name":"Industrial engineering","score":0.41673243045806885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/systems-engineering","display_name":"Systems engineering","score":0.39355915784835815},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.3454396724700928},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operations-research","display_name":"Operations research","score":0.34084612131118774},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/risk-analysis","display_name":"Risk analysis (engineering)","score":0.3296441435813904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.1871625781059265}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6623409986495972},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.4899112582206726},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778572836","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380933","display_name":"Space (punctuation)","level":2,"score":0.4675876796245575},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.4330296814441681},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C104060986","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180046","display_name":"Space exploration","level":2,"score":0.4293050765991211},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C13736549","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4489420","display_name":"Industrial engineering","level":1,"score":0.41673243045806885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201995342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682496","display_name":"Systems engineering","level":1,"score":0.39355915784835815},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.3454396724700928},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42475967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194292","display_name":"Operations research","level":1,"score":0.34084612131118774},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112930515","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4389547","display_name":"Risk analysis (engineering)","level":1,"score":0.3296441435813904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.1871625781059265},{"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/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C146978453","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3798668","display_name":"Aerospace engineering","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}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3510466.3510483","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3510466.3510483","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 16th International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pure.atira.dk:openaire/def1275e-d44f-465c-8a7b-f5682d10c6af","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://pure.itu.dk/portal/da/publications/def1275e-d44f-465c-8a7b-f5682d10c6af","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196680","display_name":"IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I83467386","host_organization_name":"IT University of Copenhagen","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I83467386"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Ananieva, S, Greiner, S, Kr\u00fcger, J, Linsbauer, L, Gr\u00fcner, S, Kehrer, T, K\u00fchn, T, Seidl, C & Reussner, R 2022, Unified Operations for Variability in Space and Time. in Proceedings of the International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VaMoS), 2022. International Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems, Florence, Italy, 23/02/2022. https://doi.org/10.1145/3510466.3510483","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:pure.atira.dk:openaire/def1275e-d44f-465c-8a7b-f5682d10c6af","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://pure.itu.dk/portal/da/publications/def1275e-d44f-465c-8a7b-f5682d10c6af","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196680","display_name":"IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I83467386","host_organization_name":"IT University of Copenhagen","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I83467386"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Ananieva, S, Greiner, S, Kr\u00fcger, J, Linsbauer, L, Gr\u00fcner, S, Kehrer, T, K\u00fchn, T, Seidl, C & Reussner, R 2022, Unified Operations for Variability in Space and Time. in Proceedings of the International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VaMoS), 2022. International Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems, Florence, Italy, 23/02/2022. https://doi.org/10.1145/3510466.3510483","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.4000000059604645,"display_name":"Partnerships for the goals","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/17"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":37,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W650177124","https://openalex.org/W1260237309","https://openalex.org/W1273632282","https://openalex.org/W1639928627","https://openalex.org/W1964818089","https://openalex.org/W2001907377","https://openalex.org/W2031425482","https://openalex.org/W2070009218","https://openalex.org/W2105950237","https://openalex.org/W2113201637","https://openalex.org/W2125398918","https://openalex.org/W2125404240","https://openalex.org/W2131110154","https://openalex.org/W2149782622","https://openalex.org/W2515214571","https://openalex.org/W2618731789","https://openalex.org/W2752526320","https://openalex.org/W2808731556","https://openalex.org/W2890397558","https://openalex.org/W2914419291","https://openalex.org/W2967084907","https://openalex.org/W2967363435","https://openalex.org/W2969129166","https://openalex.org/W2970820711","https://openalex.org/W2980271930","https://openalex.org/W3080081707","https://openalex.org/W3093872902","https://openalex.org/W3094227753","https://openalex.org/W3094280659","https://openalex.org/W3094629926","https://openalex.org/W3108926370","https://openalex.org/W3132261093","https://openalex.org/W3153449582","https://openalex.org/W3160342715","https://openalex.org/W3193968929","https://openalex.org/W4213383493","https://openalex.org/W4237978697"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2000029124","https://openalex.org/W23373675","https://openalex.org/W2784295370","https://openalex.org/W2003070184","https://openalex.org/W4252059530","https://openalex.org/W1572277060","https://openalex.org/W1668810364","https://openalex.org/W164001464","https://openalex.org/W4205775512","https://openalex.org/W2073925076"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Software":[0],"and":[1,18,33,49,59,80,86,103,113,115,129,139,149,152],"systems":[2],"engineering":[3],"is":[4,31,43],"challenged":[5],"by":[6,76],"variability":[7,29,56,93,110,143],"in":[8,16,57,105,111,144],"space":[9,58,112,145],"(concurrent":[10],"variations":[11,21],"at":[12],"a":[13,123,133],"single":[14],"point":[15],"time)":[17],"time":[19,60],"(sequential":[20],"due":[22],"to":[23,89,131],"evolution).":[24],"Managing":[25],"both":[26,92],"dimensions":[27,42],"of":[28,51,66,136],"independently":[30],"cumbersome":[32],"error-prone.":[34],"A":[35],"common":[36,124],"foundation":[37,125],"for":[38,108,141],"operations":[39,82,121],"on":[40,96],"these":[41],"still":[44],"missing,":[45],"hampering":[46],"the":[47,64],"comparison":[48],"integration":[50],"existing":[52,137],"techniques":[53,138],"coping":[54],"with":[55,91],"as":[61,63],"well":[62],"design":[65,153],"new":[67,154],"ones.":[68,155],"In":[69],"this":[70,74],"paper,":[71],"we":[72,100],"address":[73],"problem":[75],"systematically":[77],"identifying,":[78],"categorizing,":[79],"unifying":[81],"from":[83],"contemporary":[84],"tools":[85,107,140],"extending":[87],"them":[88],"cope":[90],"dimensions.":[94],"Based":[95],"our":[97],"gained":[98],"insights,":[99],"identify":[101],"gaps":[102],"trade-offs":[104],"current":[106],"managing":[109,142],"time,":[114,147],"discuss":[116],"open":[117],"challenges.":[118],"The":[119],"unified":[120],"establish":[122],"that":[126],"helps":[127],"researchers":[128],"practitioners":[130],"gain":[132],"deeper":[134],"understanding":[135],"and/or":[146],"analyze":[148],"compare":[150],"them,":[151]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-03-20T23:20:44.827607","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}
