The Impact of Structural Complexity on the Understandability of UML Statechart Diagrams
José A. Cruz-Lemus, Ann Maes, Marcela Genero, Geert Poels, Mario G. Piattini · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 2007
Given the relevance that UML models and their quality have gained in actual software development strategies, such as the Model Driven-Development (MDD), we present an empirical study about the effect that structural complexity has on the understandability of UML statechart diagrams, i.e., the diagram s ability to be easily understood. The current study is based on a family of three experiments. We have studied the data obtained in these experiments and built a preliminary understandability prediction model by means of a regression analysis using a technique specifically recommended when the data had been obtained through a repeated measures design.