The role of prior experience and task characteristics in object-oriented modeling: An empirical study

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 639-667

  Agarwal, Ritu ^a   Sinha, Atish P ^a   Tanniru, Mohan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

PROCESS ORIENTED MODELING APPROACHES; SYSTEMS ANALYSTS;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0030414960     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.1996.0072     Document Type: Article

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