特征交互问题导论

An Introduction to Feature Interaction Problem

特征交互问题是长期困扰电信领域的主要挑战之一,随着Internet的发展,软件(特别是WEB软件)随着其集成的特征愈多、规模愈大、服务质量要求愈高、演化愈频繁、对人与社会的影响愈大,其中的特征交互问题亦开始呈现并日趋严重.尽早开展相关研究与实践,是避免软件在特征交互问题上重蹈覆辙的有效途径.本文着重介绍了电信领域中特征交互问题的基本概念、实例及其分类,在分析已有研究成果的基础上,讨论了今后的研究方向.进而通过介绍基于软件体系结构的特征交互问题研究,探讨了软件中的特征交互问题.

Feature interaction problem (FIP) is one of the most important challenges in the telecommunications. With the evolution of Internet, software (especially Web-based software) becomes more and more complex,needing more features integrated, larger scale, higher quality and more frequent evolution. As a result, FIP in software becomes inevitable and critical. It is necessary and urgent to study FTP in software in order to avoid the same problem in telecommunications. This paper introduces the fundamental concepts, achievements and trend of the FIP research in telecommunications. Moreover, this paper presents the status quo of the FIP research in software and our preliminary study on the FIP based on Software Architecture.