Using UniMod for maintenance tasks: An experimental assessment in the context of model driven development

Author

Ricca, Filippo ; Leotta, Maurizio ; Reggio, Gianna ; Tiso, Alessandro ; Guerrini, Giovanna ; Torchiano, Marco

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Inf. e Sci. dell´´Inf. (DISI), Univ. di Genova, Genova, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

2-3 June 2012

Firstpage

77

Lastpage

83

Abstract

One of the claimed advantages of Model-driven development is the improvement in maintainability. However, few studies consider this aspect from an empirical point of view. This paper reports the results of a controlled experiment with 21 bachelor students aimed at investigating the effectiveness of Model-driven development during software maintenance and evolution activities. The tool used in the experiment is UniMod, a specific implementation of executable UML. Preliminary results indicate a relevant shortening of time with no significant impact on correctness, gained through the use of UniMod instead of conventional programming (i.e., code-centric programming).

Keywords

Unified Modeling Language; object-oriented programming; software maintenance; software prototyping; UniMod; code-centric programming; executable UML; model driven development; software evolution; software maintenance; Automata; Java; Maintenance engineering; Object oriented modeling; Programming; Software; Unified modeling language; Controlled experiment; Maintenance tasks; Model Driven Development; UniMod;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Modeling in Software Engineering (MISE), 2012 ICSE Workshop on

Conference_Location

Zurich

ISSN

2156-788

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1756-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MISE.2012.6226018

Filename

6226018