Facilitating Reuse of Functions in Embedded Software
Developing software-intensive embedded systems is a significant challenge as embedded systems have become more complex and dynamic for integrating various constraints (e.g., real-time performance, design, and functional safety). In general, software practitioners reuse code to reduce development tim...
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| description | Developing software-intensive embedded systems is a significant challenge as embedded systems have become more complex and dynamic for integrating various constraints (e.g., real-time performance, design, and functional safety). In general, software practitioners reuse code to reduce development time for implementing required functionalities. However, embedded software development still lacks code reuse on a large scale due to its intricate constraints. This paper presents an approach to identifying reusable functions and their relationships from the legacy embedded software for faster development reducing functionality testing time. A python tool is developed to automatically extract the reusable functions and present them in a feature model. The search time for finding reusable functions speeds up when they are placed as features in a feature model. We conducted experiments on three GitHub embedded software projects (elevator, infotainment, and health monitoring systems). The experimental results find that our proposed approach reduces the feature search time by 59.0%, 49.8%, and 74.5%, respectively, compared to the manual searching approach for 50 features. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5c19eb6ce59d42a982ffdd57ecb801d12022-12-22T03:07:39ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362022-01-0110885958860510.1109/ACCESS.2022.31976569852432Facilitating Reuse of Functions in Embedded SoftwareMd Al Maruf0Akramul Azim1Omar Alam2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3973-9147Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, CanadaDepartment of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, CanadaDepartment of Computer Science, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, CanadaDeveloping software-intensive embedded systems is a significant challenge as embedded systems have become more complex and dynamic for integrating various constraints (e.g., real-time performance, design, and functional safety). In general, software practitioners reuse code to reduce development time for implementing required functionalities. However, embedded software development still lacks code reuse on a large scale due to its intricate constraints. This paper presents an approach to identifying reusable functions and their relationships from the legacy embedded software for faster development reducing functionality testing time. A python tool is developed to automatically extract the reusable functions and present them in a feature model. The search time for finding reusable functions speeds up when they are placed as features in a feature model. We conducted experiments on three GitHub embedded software projects (elevator, infotainment, and health monitoring systems). The experimental results find that our proposed approach reduces the feature search time by 59.0%, 49.8%, and 74.5%, respectively, compared to the manual searching approach for 50 features.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9852432/Embedded softwarereusabilityfeature model |
| spellingShingle | Md Al Maruf Akramul Azim Omar Alam Facilitating Reuse of Functions in Embedded Software IEEE Access Embedded software reusability feature model |
| title | Facilitating Reuse of Functions in Embedded Software |
| title_full | Facilitating Reuse of Functions in Embedded Software |
| title_fullStr | Facilitating Reuse of Functions in Embedded Software |
| title_full_unstemmed | Facilitating Reuse of Functions in Embedded Software |
| title_short | Facilitating Reuse of Functions in Embedded Software |
| title_sort | facilitating reuse of functions in embedded software |
| topic | Embedded software reusability feature model |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9852432/ |
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