Empirical Evaluation of the Usefulness of Graph-based Visualization Techniques to Support Software Understanding
Many researchers have highlighted the scarcity of empirical studies that systematically examine the advantages and disadvantages of the use of visualization techniques for software understanding activities. Such studies are crucial for gathering and analyzing objective and quantifiable evidence abou...
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Cárdenas Caro, Germán Oswaldo
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- 2016
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- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
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- 6 Tecnología (ciencias aplicadas) / Technology
62 Ingeniería y operaciones afines / Engineering
Software visualization
Controlled experiment
Software comprehension
Visualización de software
Experimento controlado
Comprensión de software
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Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 InternacionalDerechos reservados - Universidad Nacional de Colombiahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aponte Melo, Jairo HernánCárdenas Caro, Germán Oswaldo8f8427c0-d67a-4e2b-85fc-8f295669734d3002019-07-02T20:59:53Z2019-07-02T20:59:53Z2016-11-25https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/62415http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/61553/Many researchers have highlighted the scarcity of empirical studies that systematically examine the advantages and disadvantages of the use of visualization techniques for software understanding activities. Such studies are crucial for gathering and analyzing objective and quantifiable evidence about the usefulness of proposed visualization techniques and tools, and ultimately, for guiding the research in software visualization. This paper presents a controlled experiment aimed at assessing the impact of a graph-based visualization technique on comprehension tasks. Six common comprehension tasks were performed by 20 undergraduate software engineering students. The completion time and the accuracy of the participants’ responses were measured. The results indicate that on one hand the use of the graph-based visualization increases the correctness (by 21.45% in average) but on the other hand it does not reduce the completion time in program comprehension tasks.Resumen: Muchos investigadores han señalado la falta de estudios empíricos que sistemáticamente examinen las ventajas y desventajas del uso de técnicas de visualiza ción para soportar la comprensión del software. Estos estudios son indispensables para recolectar y analizar evidencia objetiva y cuantificable acerca de la utilidad de las técnicas de visualización y herramientas propuestas, y más aún, para servir como gu ía de la investigación en visualización de software. En este estudio, 6 tareas típicas de comprensión de software fueron realizadas por 20 estudiantes de ingeniería de software. Se midió el tiempo de respuesta y se calificó la exactitud en las respuestas d e los participantes. Los resultados indican que, por una parte, el uso de la técnica de visualización basada en grafos mejoró la exactitud en las respuestas de los estudiantes (21.45% en promedio), por otra parte, no se encontró evidencia de reducción en e l tiempo gastado por los estudiantes para resolver las tareas de comprensión de software.Maestríaapplication/pdfspaUniversidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Bogotá Facultad de Ingeniería Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas e Industrial Ingeniería de SistemasIngeniería de SistemasCárdenas Caro, Germán Oswaldo (2016) Empirical Evaluation of the Usefulness of Graph-based Visualization Techniques to Support Software Understanding. Maestría thesis, Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Bogotá.6 Tecnología (ciencias aplicadas) / Technology62 Ingeniería y operaciones afines / EngineeringSoftware visualizationControlled experimentSoftware comprehensionVisualización de softwareExperimento controladoComprensión de softwareEmpirical Evaluation of the Usefulness of Graph-based Visualization Techniques to Support Software UnderstandingTrabajo de grado - Maestríainfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionTexthttp://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/TMORIGINALTesis - German Oswaldo Cardenas.pdfapplication/pdf1085496https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/bitstream/unal/62415/1/Tesis%20-%20German%20Oswaldo%20Cardenas.pdfe75f80d21eb4639c20d4151fe0571599MD51THUMBNAILTesis - German Oswaldo Cardenas.pdf.jpgTesis - German Oswaldo Cardenas.pdf.jpgGenerated Thumbnailimage/jpeg5080https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/bitstream/unal/62415/2/Tesis%20-%20German%20Oswaldo%20Cardenas.pdf.jpg2dcc31c40792aa378f1ef6836d5dccbdMD52unal/62415oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/624152023-04-16 23:06:15.81Repositorio Institucional Universidad Nacional de Colombiarepositorio_nal@unal.edu.co |
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Empirical Evaluation of the Usefulness of Graph-based Visualization Techniques to Support Software Understanding |
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Empirical Evaluation of the Usefulness of Graph-based Visualization Techniques to Support Software Understanding |
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Empirical Evaluation of the Usefulness of Graph-based Visualization Techniques to Support Software Understanding |
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Empirical Evaluation of the Usefulness of Graph-based Visualization Techniques to Support Software Understanding |
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Empirical Evaluation of the Usefulness of Graph-based Visualization Techniques to Support Software Understanding |
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Empirical Evaluation of the Usefulness of Graph-based Visualization Techniques to Support Software Understanding |
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Empirical Evaluation of the Usefulness of Graph-based Visualization Techniques to Support Software Understanding |
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Cárdenas Caro, Germán Oswaldo |
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Cárdenas Caro, Germán Oswaldo |
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Aponte Melo, Jairo Hernán |
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6 Tecnología (ciencias aplicadas) / Technology 62 Ingeniería y operaciones afines / Engineering |
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6 Tecnología (ciencias aplicadas) / Technology 62 Ingeniería y operaciones afines / Engineering Software visualization Controlled experiment Software comprehension Visualización de software Experimento controlado Comprensión de software |
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Software visualization Controlled experiment Software comprehension Visualización de software Experimento controlado Comprensión de software |
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Many researchers have highlighted the scarcity of empirical studies that systematically examine the advantages and disadvantages of the use of visualization techniques for software understanding activities. Such studies are crucial for gathering and analyzing objective and quantifiable evidence about the usefulness of proposed visualization techniques and tools, and ultimately, for guiding the research in software visualization. This paper presents a controlled experiment aimed at assessing the impact of a graph-based visualization technique on comprehension tasks. Six common comprehension tasks were performed by 20 undergraduate software engineering students. The completion time and the accuracy of the participants’ responses were measured. The results indicate that on one hand the use of the graph-based visualization increases the correctness (by 21.45% in average) but on the other hand it does not reduce the completion time in program comprehension tasks. |
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