This exploratory study examines the nature of program understanding strategies employed during a series of comprehension and maintenance activities carried out over time. Two dimensions of comprehension were examined: the direction of comprehension and the breadth of comprehension. Thirty expert pro
Object-Oriented Program Comprehension: Effect of Expertise, Task and Phase
✍ Scribed by Jean-Marie Burkhardt; Françoise Détienne; Susan Wiedenbeck
- Book ID
- 110335531
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 477 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1382-3256
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