An empirical study on using stereotypes to improve understanding of UML models

被引：32
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作者：
Kuzniarz, L [1 ]
Staron, M [1 ]
Wohlin, C [1 ]
机构：
[1] Blekinge Inst Technol, Dept Software Engn & Comp Sci, Soft Ctr, SE-37225 Ronneby, Sweden
来源：
IWPC 2004: 12TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON PROGRAM COMPREHENSION, PROCEEDINGS | 2004年
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D O I：
10.1109/WPC.2004.1311043
中图分类号：
TP31 [计算机软件];
学科分类号：
081202 ; 0835 ;
摘要：
Stereotypes were introduced into the Unified Modeling Language (UML) to provide means of customizing this visual, general purpose, object-oriented modeling language, for its usage in specific application domains. The primary purpose of stereotypes is to brand an existing model element with a specific semantics. In addition, stereotypes can also be used as notational shorthand. The paper elaborates on this role of stereotypes from the perspective of UML, clarifies the role and describes a controlled experiment aimed at evaluation of the role - in the context of model understanding. The results of the experiment support the claim that stereotypes with graphical icons for their representation play a significant role in comprehension of models and show the size of the improvement.
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