Determining comprehensibility of a graphical model in a graphical modeling environment

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing instructions for execution on a processor, the media storing one or more instructions for:

• analyzing an executable graphical model to identify one or more visual characteristics of one or more elements in the executable graphical model;
• determining a comprehensibility score of the executable graphical model based on the analyzing, the determining comprising:
• representing an ergonomic complexity of the executable graphical model using the comprehensibility score,
• where:
• the comprehensibility score is a function of the identified one or more visual characteristics of the one or more elements in the executable graphical model,
• the one or more elements represent:
• one or more entities in the executable graphical model, or
• one or more relationships in the executable graphical model,
• the comprehensibility score is based on a syntactic complexity of the executable graphical model, and
• the syntactic complexity includes:
• a visual complexity created by a presence of the one or more 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
• displaying the comprehensibility score of executable graphical model.

A system comprising:

• a processor for:
• analyzing an executable graphical model to identify one or more visual characteristics of one or more elements in the executable graphical model;
• determining a comprehensibility score of the executable graphical model, the determining comprising:
• representing an ergonomic complexity of the executable graphical model using the comprehensibility score,
• where:
• the comprehensibility score is a function of the identified one or more visual characteristics of the one or more elements in the executable graphical model,
• the one or more elements represent:
• one or more entities in the executable graphical model, or
• one or more relationships in the executable graphical model,
• the comprehensibility score is based on a syntactic complexity of the executable graphical model, and
• the syntactic complexity includes:
• a visual complexity created by a presence of the one or more 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
• a display device for displaying the comprehensibility score of the executable graphical model.