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Assessing the Effectiveness of Sequence Diagrams in the Comprehension of Functional Requirements: Results from a Family of Five Experiments
March 2013 (vol. 39 no. 3)
pp. 327-342
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| Silvia Abrahão, Carmine Gravino, Emilio Insfran, Giuseppe Scanniello, Genoveffa Tortora, "Assessing the Effectiveness of Sequence Diagrams in the Comprehension of Functional Requirements: Results from a Family of Five Experiments," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 327-342, March, 2013. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/TSE.2012.27, author = {Silvia Abrahão and Carmine Gravino and Emilio Insfran and Giuseppe Scanniello and Genoveffa Tortora}, title = {Assessing the Effectiveness of Sequence Diagrams in the Comprehension of Functional Requirements: Results from a Family of Five Experiments}, journal ={IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering}, volume = {39}, number = {3}, issn = {0098-5589}, year = {2013}, pages = {327-342}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TSE.2012.27}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - JOUR JO - IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering TI - Assessing the Effectiveness of Sequence Diagrams in the Comprehension of Functional Requirements: Results from a Family of Five Experiments IS - 3 SN - 0098-5589 SP327 EP342 EPD - 327-342 A1 - Silvia Abrahão, A1 - Carmine Gravino, A1 - Emilio Insfran, A1 - Giuseppe Scanniello, A1 - Genoveffa Tortora, PY - 2013 KW - Unified modeling language KW - Object oriented modeling KW - Analytical models KW - Computational modeling KW - Software systems KW - Materials KW - requirements specifications KW - Documentation KW - software engineering VL - 39 JA - IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering ER - | |||
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Modeling is a fundamental activity within the requirements engineering process and concerns the construction of abstract descriptions of requirements that are amenable to interpretation and validation. The choice of a modeling technique is critical whenever it is necessary to discuss the interpretation and validation of requirements. This is particularly true in the case of functional requirements and stakeholders with divergent goals and different backgrounds and experience. This paper presents the results of a family of experiments conducted with students and professionals to investigate whether the comprehension of functional requirements is influenced by the use of dynamic models that are represented by means of the UML sequence diagrams. The family contains five experiments performed in different locations and with 112 participants of different abilities and levels of experience with UML. The results show that sequence diagrams improve the comprehension of the modeled functional requirements in the case of high ability and more experienced participants.
Index Terms:
Unified modeling language,Object oriented modeling,Analytical models,Computational modeling,Software systems,Materials,requirements specifications,Documentation,software engineering
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Silvia Abrahão, Carmine Gravino, Emilio Insfran, Giuseppe Scanniello, Genoveffa Tortora, "Assessing the Effectiveness of Sequence Diagrams in the Comprehension of Functional Requirements: Results from a Family of Five Experiments," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 327-342, March 2013, doi:10.1109/TSE.2012.27
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