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authors: Tao Yue, Lionel Briand, and Yvan Labiche
title: A Use Case Modeling Approach to Facilitate the  Transition Towards Analysis Models: Concepts and  Empirical Evaluation
publication_year: 2009
abstract: Use case modeling is commonly applied to document requirements.  Use case specifications (UCSs) are usually structured, textual documents  complying with a certain template. However, because they remain essentially  textual, ambiguities are inevitable. In this paper, we propose a new use case  modeling approach, which is composed of a set of well-defined restriction rules  and a template. The goal is to reduce ambiguity and facilitate automated  analysis, though the later point is not addressed in this paper. We also report on  a controlled experiment which evaluates the restriction rules and template in  terms of their ease of application during use case modeling, and the quality of  the analysis models derived from them by trained individuals. Results show that  the restriction rules are overall easy to apply and that our use case modeling  approach results in significant improvements regarding the correctness of  derived class diagrams and the understandability of UCSs.
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booktitle: IEEE/ACM MODELS 2009 Proceedings
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publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg
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isbn: 978-3-642-04424-3
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from_date: 2009/10/04 00:00:00 GMT+2
to_date: 2009/10/09 00:00:00 GMT+2