Using patterns for the refinement and translationof UML models: A controlled experiment

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-267

  Bunse, Christian ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER IESE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Empirical evaluation; Patterns; UML; Understandability; Verifiability

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EMPIRICAL EVALUATION; PATTERNS; UML; UNDERSTANDABILITY; VERIFIABILITY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33644918561     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: 15737616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10664-006-6403-7     Document Type: Article

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