Abstract: Many papers have been written on the challenges of the software refactoring. The question is which refactorings can be applied on the modelling level. Based on the UML model, for example. With the aim of evaluating this possibility the algorithm and the software tool of automated UML class diagram refactoring were introduced. The software tool proposed reduces the level of the UML class diagram complexity metric.

Evgeny Nikulchev and Olga Deryugina, “Model and Criteria for the Automated Refactoring of the UML Class Diagrams” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 7(12), 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2016.071210

@article{Nikulchev2016,
title = {Model and Criteria for the Automated Refactoring of the UML Class Diagrams},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
doi = {10.14569/IJACSA.2016.071210},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2016.071210},
year = {2016},
publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
volume = {7},
number = {12},
author = {Evgeny Nikulchev and Olga Deryugina}
}