@inproceedings{93b9d410f95f4bebb9ee03585c5d6cfe,
title = "Evaluation of understandability of UML class diagrams by using word similarity",
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.",
keywords = "Maintainability, Software design metrics, Software evaluation, Software metrics, UML class diagrams, Understandability",
author = "Yuto Nakamura and Kazunori Sakamoto and Kiyohisa Inoue and Hironori Washizaki and Yoshiaki Fukazawa",
year = "2011",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1109/IWSM-MENSURA.2011.50",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780769544977",
series = "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",
pages = "178--187",
booktitle = "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",
note = "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 ; Conference date: 03-11-2011 Through 04-11-2011",
}