On the Impact of UML Analysis Models on Source-Code Comprehensibility and Modifiability

被引：27

作者：

Scanniello, Giuseppe ^{[1
]}

Gravino, Carmine ^{[2
]}

Genero, Marcela ^{[3
]}

Cruz-Lemus, Jose A. ^{[3
]}

Tortora, Genoveffa ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Basilicata, Potenza, Italy

[2] Univ Salerno, Salerno, Italy

[3] Univ Castilla La Mancha, E-13071 Ciudad Real, Spain

来源：

ACM TRANSACTIONS ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND METHODOLOGY | 2014年 / 23卷 / 02期

关键词：

Documentation; Design; Experimentation; Human Factors; Analysis models; UML; controlled experiment; family of experiments; maintenance; comprehensibility; modifiability; replicated experiments; SOFTWARE; DOCUMENTATION; GUIDELINES; KNOWLEDGE;

D O I：

10.1145/2491912

中图分类号：

TP31 [计算机软件];

学科分类号：

081202 ; 0835 ;

摘要：

We carried out a family of experiments to investigate whether the use of UML models produced in the requirements analysis process helps in the comprehensibility and modifiability of source code. The family consists of a controlled experiment and 3 external replications carried out with students and professionals from Italy and Spain. 86 participants with different abilities and levels of experience with UML took part. The results of the experiments were integrated through the use of meta-analysis. The results of both the individual experiments and meta-analysis indicate that UML models produced in the requirements analysis process influence neither the comprehensibility of source code nor its modifiability.

引用

页数：26

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