An objective approach to exploring skill differences in strategies of computer program comprehension?

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 139-148

  Ye, Nong ^a   Salvendy, Gavriel ^b  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; CONTROL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; USER INTERFACES;

COMPUTER PROGRAM COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS; SCHEMATIC KNOWLEDGE; SEMANTIC KNOWLEDGE; SKILL DIFFERENCES; STRATEGIC KNOWLEDGE; SYNTACTIC KNOWLEDGE; TOP DOWN STRATEGY;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0030148402     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014492996120229     Document Type: Article

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