Analysis, Test and Verification in The Presence of Variability (Dagstuhl Seminar 13091)

This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 13091 “Analysis,
Test and Verification in The Presence of Variability”. The seminar had the goal of consolidating
and stimulating research on analysis of software models with variability, enabling the design
of variability-aware tool chains. We brought together 46 key researchers from three continents,
working on quality assurance challenges that arise from introducing variability, and some who do
not work with variability, but that are experts in their respective areas in the broader domain of
software analysis or testing research. As a result of interactions triggered by sessions of different
formats, the participants were able to classify their approaches with respect to a number of
dimensions that helped to identify similarities and differences that have already been useful to
improve understanding and foster new collaborations among the participants.