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Does the use of stereotypes improve the comprehension of UML sequence diagrams?

Abstract:

This paper reports on a controlled experiment that investigates the influence of stereotypes in UML sequence diagrams. The comprehension of UML sequence diagrams with and without stereotypes is analyzed from three different perspectives: semantic comprehension, retention and transfer. The experiment was carried out with 77 undergraduate students of Computer Science from the University of Bari in Italy. The results obtained show a slight tendency in favor of the use of stereotypes in facilitating the comprehension of UML sequence diagrams. Further replications are needed to obtain more conclusive results. Copyright 2008 ACM.

Año de publicación:

2008

Keywords:

  • Stereotypes
  • Controlled experiment
  • UML sequence diagrams
  • Understandability
  • comprehension

Fuente:

scopusscopus

Tipo de documento:

Conference Object

Estado:

Acceso restringido

Áreas de conocimiento:

  • Cognición
  • Ciencias de la computación

Áreas temáticas:

    Contribuidores:

    Genero M.Genero M.
    Cruz-Lemus J.A.Cruz-Lemus J.A.
    Abraho S.Abraho S.
    Emilio InsfranEmilio Insfran
    Carsí J.A.Carsí J.A.
    Caivano D.Caivano D.