The OMG Essence standard was published as the kernel for software engineering methods in 2014. We show that the Essence view of software engineering is reminiscent of a nondeterministic, multidimensional finite state machine, and that the Essence lends support to a semi-Markov decision process model of software engineering which, in practice, facilitates a goal-driven adaptive software engineering. We develop an activity-state mapping algorithm and a goal-activity cover algorithm based on the Essence, which can help automate the health monitoring of project states and the adaptive planning of project activities in a software engineering project. Practical applications of the model and algorithms are illustrated. Benefits to software practitioners of the proposed approach are measured through statistical experiments.

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基于本质的自适应软件工程理论与实证研究

OMG Essence标准于2014年作为软件工程方法的内核发布。我们证明，软件工程的Essence视图让人想起不确定性的多维有限状态机，并且Essence为半马尔可夫决策过程模型提供了支持。软件工程的实践，这有助于目标驱动的自适应软件工程。我们开发了基于本质的活动状态映射算法和目标活动覆盖算法，可以帮助自动进行项目状态的健康状况监视和软件工程项目中的项目活动的自适应计划。说明了模型和算法的实际应用。通过统计实验来衡量所提方法对软件从业人员的好处。