Evaluation of understandability of UML class diagrams by using word similarity

Yuto Nakamura, Kazunori Sakamoto, Kiyohisa Inoue, Hironori Washizaki, Yoshiaki Fukazawa

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    Abstract

    UML class diagrams representing the static structure of the relations between different concepts existing in a problem are widely used in model-based software development. However, no effective measures of a class diagram's understandability yet exist. We have devised quantitative measures of a class diagram's understandability and evaluated their validity. We obtained strong correlations between the domain experts' subjective evaluations of the understandability of a class diagram and the measurements of our methods. These results indicate that our measures can effectively quantify the understandability of class diagrams.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings - Joint Conference of the 21st International Workshop on Software Measurement, IWSM 2011 and the 6th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, MENSURA 2011
    Pages178-187
    Number of pages10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011
    EventJoint Conference of the 21st International Workshop on Software Measurement, IWSM 2011 and the 6th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, MENSURA 2011 - Nara
    Duration: 2011 Nov 3 → 2011 Nov 4

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    OtherJoint Conference of the 21st International Workshop on Software Measurement, IWSM 2011 and the 6th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, MENSURA 2011
    CityNara
    Period11/11/3 → 11/11/4

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    Software engineering

    Keywords

    • Maintainability
    • Software design metrics
    • Software evaluation
    • Software metrics
    • UML class diagrams
    • Understandability

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Software

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    Nakamura, Y., Sakamoto, K., Inoue, K., Washizaki, H., & Fukazawa, Y. (2011). Evaluation of understandability of UML class diagrams by using word similarity. In Proceedings - Joint Conference of the 21st International Workshop on Software Measurement, IWSM 2011 and the 6th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, MENSURA 2011 (pp. 178-187). [6113058] https://doi.org/10.1109/IWSM-MENSURA.2011.50

    Evaluation of understandability of UML class diagrams by using word similarity. / Nakamura, Yuto; Sakamoto, Kazunori; Inoue, Kiyohisa; Washizaki, Hironori; Fukazawa, Yoshiaki.

    Proceedings - Joint Conference of the 21st International Workshop on Software Measurement, IWSM 2011 and the 6th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, MENSURA 2011. 2011. p. 178-187 6113058.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

    Nakamura, Y, Sakamoto, K, Inoue, K, Washizaki, H & Fukazawa, Y 2011, Evaluation of understandability of UML class diagrams by using word similarity. in Proceedings - Joint Conference of the 21st International Workshop on Software Measurement, IWSM 2011 and the 6th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, MENSURA 2011., 6113058, pp. 178-187, Joint Conference of the 21st International Workshop on Software Measurement, IWSM 2011 and the 6th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, MENSURA 2011, Nara, 11/11/3. https://doi.org/10.1109/IWSM-MENSURA.2011.50
    Nakamura Y, Sakamoto K, Inoue K, Washizaki H, Fukazawa Y. Evaluation of understandability of UML class diagrams by using word similarity. In Proceedings - Joint Conference of the 21st International Workshop on Software Measurement, IWSM 2011 and the 6th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, MENSURA 2011. 2011. p. 178-187. 6113058 https://doi.org/10.1109/IWSM-MENSURA.2011.50
    Nakamura, Yuto ; Sakamoto, Kazunori ; Inoue, Kiyohisa ; Washizaki, Hironori ; Fukazawa, Yoshiaki. / Evaluation of understandability of UML class diagrams by using word similarity. Proceedings - Joint Conference of the 21st International Workshop on Software Measurement, IWSM 2011 and the 6th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, MENSURA 2011. 2011. pp. 178-187
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