TY - JOUR T1 - Towards a Configurable Application Service Platform for Micro e-Services Providers AU - Ezenwoke, Azubuike AU - Adigun, Mathew JO - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences VL - 13 IS - 21 SP - 9141 EP - 9148 PY - 2018 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1816-949x DO - jeasci.2018.9141.9148 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.9141.9148 KW - PaaS KW -application platform as a service KW -software product line KW -cloud computing KW -adopt software KW -frame work and technique AB - Application service platforms, also called application Platform-as a Service (aPaaS), comprise a set of software and hardware components (databases, servers, network resources, integrated development environment) that provide mechanisms for the development, deployment and management of end-user application services in multiple business domains. The aim of this study is to propose a design of a configurable aPaaS in a manner that is interactive and cost-effective, while optimal configurations can be obtained from the aPaaS based on the complex multi-dimensional variability techniques used in software product-line engineering. Our proposed approach integrates interactive preference articulation method for multi objective optimization during platform configuration of a product-line-as-a-service platform. The proposed PLaaSP is a viable framework that enables software product-line engineering technique to be consumed on demand while providing micro e-services providers to adopt software product-line competencies, thereby reducing the cost and steep learning curve of adopting software product-line practice. ER -