A Methodology for Domain-Spanning Change Impact Analysis
Robert Heinrich, Kiana Busch, Sandro Koch · 2018
When modifying a cyber-physical system, the consequences of changes need to be understood beforehand to adequately assess risks and costs. Model-based change impact analysis is key for estimating the impact of a change before actually modifying the system. Existing change impact analysis approaches apply very similar algorithms for change propagation to instances of domain-specific metamodels. However, they lack fundamental concepts for domain-spanning change impact analysis. In this paper, we propose a generic methodology for domain-spanning change impact analysis to address limitations of existing approaches. Evaluation results show the relevancy and comprehensives of the methodology for several domains.