DocumentCode
3060655
Title
A Framework for Empirical Evaluation of Model Comprehensibility
Author
Aranda, Jorge ; Ernst, Neil ; Horkoff, Jennifer ; Easterbrook, Steve
Author_Institution
Univ. of Toronto, Toronto
fYear
2007
fDate
20-26 May 2007
Firstpage
7
Lastpage
7
Abstract
If designers of modelling languages want their creations to be used in real software projects, the communication qualities of their languages need to be evaluated, and their proposals must evolve as a result of these evaluations. A key quality of communication artifacts is their comprehensibility. We present a flexible framework to evaluate the comprehensibility of model representations that is grounded on the underlying theory of the language to be evaluated, and on theoretical frameworks in cognitive science.
Keywords
cognitive systems; simulation languages; cognitive science; empirical evaluation; model comprehensibility; model representations; modelling languages; software projects; Cognitive science; Communication effectiveness; Computer industry; Costs; Decoding; Guidelines; Production; Software engineering; Software quality; Software tools;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Modeling in Software Engineering, 2007. MISE '07: ICSE Workshop 2007. International Workshop on
Conference_Location
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN
0-7695-2953-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MISE.2007.2
Filename
4273247
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