Despite the huge spread and economical importance of configurable software systems,
there is unsatisfactory support in utilizing the full potential of these systems with respect to …

As software systems grow in complexity and the space of possible configurations increases
exponentially, finding the near-optimal configuration of a software system becomes …

Quality assurance automation is essential in modern software development. In practice, this
automation is supported by a multitude of tools that fit different needs and require …

Complex software systems often provide a large number of parameters so that users can
configure them for their specific application scenarios. However, configuration tuning …

Software configurations play a crucial role in determining the behavior of software systems.
In order to ensure safe and error-free operation, it is necessary to identify the correct …

Modern software systems often have a huge number of configurations whose performance
properties are poorly documented. Unfortunately, obtaining a good understanding of these …

Each Android app must have an Android manifest file. It is one of the most important
configuration files manually written by developers. In addition to various configuration …

As a software system evolves, its performance can improve or degrade over time.
Performance evolution is especially delicate in configurable software systems, where …

Stakeholders of configurable systems are often interested in knowing how configuration
options influence the performance of a system to facilitate, for example, the debugging and …

This paper presents a study on the practicality of operating system (OS) kernel debloating---
reducing kernel code that is not needed by the target applications---in real-world systems …