p. 153; as cited in: Roger Chiang, ‎Keng Siau, ‎Bill C. Hardgrave (2009) Systems Analysis and Design. p. 163
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If two classes express the same information, the most descriptive name should be kept. For example, although customer might describe a person taking an airline flight, Passenger is more descriptive.

— James Rumbaugh

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About James Rumbaugh

James E. (Jim) Rumbaugh (born August 22, 1947) is an American computer scientist and object-oriented methodologist, who is best known for his work in creating the Object Modeling Technique (OMT) and the Unified Modeling Language (UML).