Empirical assessment of using stereotypes to improve comprehension of UML models: A set of experiments

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 727-742

  Staron, Miroslaw ^a   Kuzniarz, Ludwik ^a   Wohlin, Claes ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Empirical study; Modeling

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS;

EMPIRICAL STUDY; INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS; MODELING;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

EID: 33646039535     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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