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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1527-1555 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| Journal | Software and systems modeling |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 3 Jan 2014 |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 3 Jan 2014 |
Abstract
UML class diagrams play a central role in modeling activities, and it is essential that class diagrams keep their high quality all along a product life cycle. Correctness problems in class diagrams are mainly caused by complex interactions among class-diagram constraints. Detection, identification, and repair of such problems require background training. In order to improve modelers’ capabilities in these directions, we have constructed a catalog of anti-patterns of correctness and quality problems in class diagrams, where an anti-pattern analyzes a typical constraint interaction that causes a correctness or a quality problem and suggests possible repairs. This paper argues that exposure to correctness anti-patterns improves modeling capabilities. The paper introduces the catalog and its pattern language, and describes experiments that test the impact of awareness to modeling problems in class diagrams (via concrete examples and anti-patterns) on the analysis capabilities of modelers. The experiments show that increased awareness implies increased identification. The improvement is remarkably noticed when the awareness is stimulated by anti-patterns, rather than by concrete examples.
Keywords
- Analysis capabilities, Anti-patterns, Correctness, Experiments, Modeling problems, Pattern awareness, Pattern languages, Quality, Software engineering education
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science(all)
- Software
- Mathematics(all)
- Modelling and Simulation
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: Software and systems modeling, Vol. 14, No. 4, 03.01.2014, p. 1527-1555.
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