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Evaluating using animation to improve understanding of sequence diagrams

Burd, E.L.; Overy, D.; Wheetman, A.

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Authors

E.L. Burd

D. Overy

A. Wheetman



Abstract

This paper describes an experiment whereby the benefit of using animation to improve thecomprehensibility of UML sequence diagrams is assessed. The paper hypothesizes that through animation the control flow of sequence diagram will become more evident. The development a system that seeks to enable stakeholders to better interpret UML modeling behaviour is described. This system aims to provide dynamic visualization through the use ofanimation techniques. A study to evaluate the extent to which the animation of a diagram can aid its interpretation is then described. The results of the study show that the animation system did improve the comprehensibility of the sequence diagram control flow thus improving the comprehensibility when compared to the comprehensibility of a traditional static representation. Finally, this paper discusses the reasoning for these results.

Citation

Burd, E., Overy, D., & Wheetman, A. (2002). Evaluating using animation to improve understanding of sequence diagrams. In 10th International Workshop on Program Comprehension, IWPC'02, 27-29 June 2002, Paris, France ; proceedings (107-113). https://doi.org/10.1109/wpc.2002.1021329

Conference Name 10th International Workshop on Program Comprehension : IWPC 2002
Conference Location Paris, France
Publication Date 2002-06
Deposit Date Aug 25, 2006
Publicly Available Date Nov 1, 2010
Publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages 107-113
Book Title 10th International Workshop on Program Comprehension, IWPC'02, 27-29 June 2002, Paris, France ; proceedings.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/wpc.2002.1021329
Keywords UML sequence diagrams, Modeling behaviour.
Publisher URL http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/WPC.2002.1021329
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