Comparison of a Graphical and a Textual Design Language Using Software Quality Metrics

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TR-88-20
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1988
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Department of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
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For many years the software engineering community has been attacking the software reliability problem on two fronts. First via design methodologies, languages and tools as a precheck on quality and second by measuring the quality of produced software as a postcheck. This research attempts to unify the approach to creating reliable software by providing the ability to measure the quality of a design prior to its implementation. A comparison of a graphical and a textual design language is presented in an effort to support research findings that the human brain works more effectively in images than in text.

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