Determining comprehensibility of a graphical model in a graphical modeling environment

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing:

• one or more instructions that, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to:
• identify an element in an executable graphical model, where the element represents:
• one or more entities in the graphical model, or
• one or more relationships in the graphical model;
• determine a comprehensibility score of the graphical model where the comprehensibility score:
• is based on a syntactic complexity of the graphical model, the syntactic complexity including:
• a visual complexity created by a presence of the one or more entities in the graphical model, or one or more connections associated with ones of the entities in the graphical model;
• and
• a modeling complexity created by a functionality or a data structure of the one or more entities in the graphical model;
• and
• receive a request to store the executable graphical model in storage or to incorporate an element into the executable graphical model in the storage;
• based on the comprehensibility score,
• grant the request by storing the executable graphical model in the storage or by incorporating the element into the executable model in the storage if the comprehensibility score surpasses a comprehensibility score threshold;
• or
• deny the request if the comprehensibility score does not surpass the comprehensibility score threshold.

A method comprising:

• identifying, using a processing device, an element in an executable graphical model, where the element represents:
• one or more entities in the graphical model, or
• one or more relationships in the graphical model;
• determining, using the processing device, a comprehensibility score of the graphical model where the comprehensibility score is:
• based on a syntactic complexity of the graphical model, the syntactic complexity including:
• a visual complexity created by a presence of the one or more entities in the graphical model, or one or more connections associated with ones of the entities in the graphical model, and
• a modeling complexity created by a functionality or a data structure of the one or more entities in the graphical model;
• and
• outputting via a user interface a visual cue and/or an auditory cue indicative of how one or more of the entities in the executable graphical model affect the comprehensibility score.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or more instructions, that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the following:

• identifying, using a processing device, an element in an executable graphical model, where the element represents:
• one or more entities in the graphical model, or
• one or more relationships in the graphical model;
• determining, using the processing device, a comprehensibility score of the graphical model where the comprehensibility score is:
• based on a syntactic complexity of the graphical model, the syntactic complexity including:
• a visual complexity created by a presence of the one or more entities in the graphical model, or one or more connections associated with ones of the entities in the graphical model, and
• a modeling complexity created by a functionality or a data structure of the one or more entities in the graphical model;
• and
• outputting via a user interface a visual cue and/or an auditory cue indicative of how one or more of the entities in the executable graphical model affect the comprehensibility score.

A computing device, comprising:

• storage for storing computer-executable instructions;
• a processor for executing the computer-executable instructions to:
• identify an element in an executable graphical model, where the element represents:
• one or more entities in the executable graphical model, or
• one or more relationships in the executable graphical model;
• determine a comprehensibility score of the executable graphical model where the comprehensibility score is:
• based on a syntactic complexity of the executable graphical model, the syntactic complexity including:
• a visual complexity created by a presence of the one or more entities in the executable graphical model, or one or more connections associated with ones of the entities in the executable graphical model;
• and
• a modeling complexity created by a functionality or a data structure of the one or more entities in the executable graphical model;
• and
• receive a request to store the executable graphical model in the storage or to incorporate an element into the executable graphical model in the storage;
• based on the comprehensibility score,
• grant the request by storing the executable graphical model in the storage or by incorporating the element into the executable model in the storage if the comprehensibility score surpasses a comprehensibility score threshold;
• or
• deny the request if the comprehensibility score does not surpass the comprehensibility score threshold.

A computing device, comprising:

• storage for storing computer-executable instructions;
• a processor for executing the computer-executable instructions to:
• identify an element in an executable graphical model, where the element represents:
• one or more entities in the graphical model, or one or more relationships in the executable graphical model;
• determine a comprehensibility score of the executable graphical model where the comprehensibility score is:
• based on a syntactic complexity of the executable graphical model, the syntactic complexity including:
• a visual complexity created by a presence of the one or more entities in the executable graphical model, or one or more connections associated with ones of the entities in the executable graphical model, and
• a modeling complexity created by a functionality or a data structure of the one or more entities in the executable graphical model;
• and
• output via a user interface a visual cue and/or an auditory cue indicative of how one or more of the entities in the executable graphical model affect the comprehensibility score.