Echeverria, J.; Font, J.; Pastor López, O.; Cetina Englada, C. (2015). Usability evaluation of variability modeling by means of Common Variability Language. Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly. (5):61-81. doi:10.7250/csimq.2015-5.05
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Usability evaluation of variability modeling by means of Common Variability Language
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Author:
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Echeverria, Jorge
Font, Jaime
Pastor López, Oscar
Cetina Englada, Carlos
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Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos y Computación - Departament de Sistemes Informàtics i Computació
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Common Variability Language (CVL) is a recent proposal for OMG's
upcoming Variability Modeling standard. CVL models variability in terms of
Model Fragments. Usability is a widely-recognized quality criterion essential ...[+]
Common Variability Language (CVL) is a recent proposal for OMG's
upcoming Variability Modeling standard. CVL models variability in terms of
Model Fragments. Usability is a widely-recognized quality criterion essential to
warranty the successful use of tools that put these ideas in practice. Facing the
need of evaluating the usability of CVL modeling tools, this paper presents a
Usability Evaluation of CVL applied to a Modeling Tool for firmware code of
Induction Hobs. This evaluation addresses the configuration, scoping and
visualization facets. The evaluation involved the end users of the tool whom are
engineers of our Induction Hob industrial partner. Effectiveness and efficiency
results indicate that model configuration in terms of model fragment
substitutions is intuitive enough but both scoping and visualization require
improved tool support. Results also enabled us to identify a list of usability
problems which may contribute to alleviate scoping and visualization issues in
CVL.
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Subjects:
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Usability evaluation
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Common Variability Language (CVL)
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Modeling variability
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Copyrigths:
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Reconocimiento (by)
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Source:
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Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly. (issn:
2255-9922
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DOI:
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10.7250/csimq.2015-5.05
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Publisher:
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RTU Press
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7250/csimq.2015-5.05
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Artículo
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