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Modern product manufacturers face the problem of managing a variety of roducts that change over time. A product catalog is constantly subject to change due to increasing technical capabilities and customer demands. This paper introduces a novel approach to handle a product catalog using representation facilities of structure-based configuration. Configurable components from which a product can be assembled are represented in a configuration model and product types are represented in product models. A sophisticated evolution mechanism preserves consistency of the configuration model despite changes and suggests suitable repair operations in case the intended change entails inconsistency. Mismatches between product models and the corresponding configuration model that result from changes are identified and give input for managing the product catalog.
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Krebs, T. (2008). Knowledge Management for Evolving Products. In: Bramer, M., Coenen, F., Petridis, M. (eds) Research and Development in Intelligent Systems XXIV. SGAI 2007. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-094-0_23
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