Exploratory Study on the Use of Software Product Lines in the Development of Quality Assistive Technology Software
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Luana Almeida Martins, 
Paulo Afonso Parreira, Júnior, André Pimenta Freire, Heitor CostaAuthors Info & Claims
Luana Almeida Martins, Paulo Afonso Parreira, Júnior, André Pimenta Freire, Heitor CostaAuthors Info & ClaimsPages 262 - 269
Abstract
The use of Software Product Line for the development of Assistive Technologies has not been widely explored yet. However, some studies point to the viability of using this approach to develop Assistive Technology software. Through this approach, important limiting factors to use Assistive Technologies can be overcome. These factors are related to the acquisition costs and difficulty to find products corresponding to specific and varying user needs. Considering that Software Product Line approach provides mass customization of software products, the specific needs of each user can be more easily satisfied by software developers. Furthermore, the reuse of code artifacts to development provides a fall in the acquisition cost of these software products. We present in this paper a literature review that aims to investigate how this approach has been applied to the development of Assistive Technology software. Also, we present some quality factors that should be considered to develop Assistive Technologies using Software Product Lines. Thus, the main findings of the review are grouped in order to find the main gaps to be explored in future work.
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