A conceptual model of cognitive complexity of elements of the programming process

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 351-362

  Cant, SN ^a   Jeffery, DR ^a   Henderson Sellers, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

chunking; cognitive complexity; complexity; measurement; software; tracing

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEASUREMENTS; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; QUALITY CONTROL; STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING;

CHUNKING; COGNITIVE COMPLEXITY; PROGRAM MODIFICATION; SOFTWARE METRICS; TRACING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0029345568     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0950-5849(95)91491-H     Document Type: Article

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