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Authors: Adiel Ashrov 1 ; Arnon Sturm 2 ; Achiya Elyasaf 2 and Guy Katz 1

Affiliations: 1 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel ; 2 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Keyword(s): Scenario-Based Programming, Behavioral Programming, Empirical Software Engineering.

Abstract: Behavioral Programming (BP) is a software engineering paradigm for modeling and implementing complex reactive systems. BP’s goal is to enable developers to incrementally model systems in a manner naturally aligned with their perception of the system’s requirements. This study compares two BP variants: classical, context-free BP, and the more recently proposed Context-Oriented BP (COBP). While BP advocates simplicity and modularity, COBP introduces context-aware constructs for handling context-dependent behaviors. A practical question arises: which variant leads to reactive systems that are more comprehensible for developers? Through a controlled experiment with 109 participants, we evaluated both variants across two dimensions: comprehension of execution semantics and identification of requirements from implementations. The results indicate that BP generally leads to better comprehension and higher confidence; while COBP demonstrates advantages in complex, context-dependent behaviors . These findings provide guidance for choosing between BP variants based on system complexity and context-dependent requirements. (More)

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Ashrov, A., Sturm, A., Elyasaf, A. and Katz, G. (2025). A Study on the Comprehensibility of Behavioral Programming Variants. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - ENASE; ISBN 978-989-758-742-9; ISSN 2184-4895, SciTePress, pages 252-267. DOI: 10.5220/0013440800003928

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JO - Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - ENASE
TI - A Study on the Comprehensibility of Behavioral Programming Variants
SN - 978-989-758-742-9
IS - 2184-4895
AU - Ashrov, A.
AU - Sturm, A.
AU - Elyasaf, A.
AU - Katz, G.
PY - 2025
SP - 252
EP - 267
DO - 10.5220/0013440800003928
PB - SciTePress

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