Cognitive design elements to support the construction of a mental model during software exploration

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-185

  Storey, M A D ^a   Fracchia, F D ^a,c,d,e,f   Muller H A ^{b,e,g,h,i,j,k}  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^e IEEE

^f Mainframe Entertainment   (Canada)

^g Mainframe Entertainment ^*

^h IBM TORONTO LAB   (Canada)

ⁱ IBM   (United States)

^j IRIS   (Belgium)

^k Hypersystems Technologies Inc

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; UTILITY PROGRAMS; VISUALIZATION;

COGNITIVE DESIGN ELEMENTS; SOFTWARE EXPLORATION TOOLS;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032794023     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(98)10055-9     Document Type: Article

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