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conference paper · IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM) · 2004

A controlled experiment on the impact of the object constraint language in UML-based maintenance

Lionel Briand, Yvan Labiche, Hui Yan, Massimiliano Di Penta

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Abstract

The object constraint language (OCL) was introduced as part of the Unified Modeling Language (UML). Its main purpose is to make UML models more precise by providing a constraint language. For example, operation contracts and statechart guard conditions can be precisely defined using OCL. There has been an ongoing debate on the usefulness of using OCL in UML-based development, questioning whether the additional effort and formality were worth the benefit. This work presents the results of a controlled experiment that investigates the impact of using OCL on model comprehension and maintainability. Current results show that, once past an initial learning curve, significant benefits can be obtained by using OCL in combination with UML diagrams.

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APA 7

Briand, L., Labiche, Y., Yan, H., & Di Penta, M. (2004). A controlled experiment on the impact of the object constraint language in UML-based maintenance. IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM), 380–389. https://doi.org/10.1109/icsm.2004.1357823

MLA 9

Briand, Lionel, et al. “A controlled experiment on the impact of the object constraint language in UML-based maintenance.” IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM), 2004, pp. 380–89, https://doi.org/10.1109/icsm.2004.1357823.

Chicago

Briand, Lionel, Yvan Labiche, Hui Yan, and Massimiliano Di Penta. 2004. “A controlled experiment on the impact of the object constraint language in UML-based maintenance.” IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM): 380–89. https://doi.org/10.1109/icsm.2004.1357823.

Harvard

Briand, L. et al. (2004) ‘A controlled experiment on the impact of the object constraint language in UML-based maintenance’, IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM), pp. 380–389. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/icsm.2004.1357823.

BibTeX
@article{briand2004controlled,
  title = {{A controlled experiment on the impact of the object constraint language in UML-based maintenance}},
  author = {Briand, Lionel and Labiche, Yvan and Yan, Hui and Di Penta, Massimiliano},
  journal = {IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM)},
  pages = {380--389},
  year = {2004},
  doi = {10.1109/icsm.2004.1357823}
}

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