VehicleFeatureModeling

At the highest abstraction level, i.e., the Vehicle Level, EAST-ADL provides support for classification and definition of product lines (the entire vehicle for a car maker or some of its sub-systems for suppliers). The different possible configurations of the embedded electronic architecture are captured on a high abstraction level in terms of features. A feature in this sense is a characteristic or trait that individual variants of the vehicle may or may not have.<br/><br/>The specification of the features themselves, together with their forms of realization, the dependencies between them, and the requirements to be respected for their realization is performed at the Vehicle Level and it should be done independently of any product line. This would be the basis for a consistent reuse of features in different product lines and projects. At this level, a feature represents particular high-level requirements to be realized in all product line members that respect some conditions, e.g., US cars with elegance trim and engine size higher than 2.4.<br/>