Tijs van der Storm. Variability and Component Composition. In Software Reuse: Methods, Techniques and Tools: 8th International Conference, ICSR 2004, Madrid, Spain, July 5-9, 2009. Proceedings. Volume 3107 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 157-166, Springer, 2004. [doi]
In component-based product populations, variability has to be described at the component level to be able to benefit from a product family approach. As a consequence, composition of components becomes very complex. We describe how this complexity can be managed automatically. The concepts and techniques presented are the first step toward automated management of variability for web-based software delivery.