Criteria for evaluation of visual programming languages

Journal of Visual Languages and Computing

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-192

  Kiper, James D ^a   Howard, Elizabeth ^a   Ames, Chuck ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0031116817     PISSN: 1045926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvlc.1996.0034     Document Type: Article

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