Comprehending object and process models: An empirical study

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 541-556

  Agarwal, Ritu ^a   De Prabuddha, ^a   Sinha, Atish P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA STRUCTURES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

COGNITIVE FIT; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; MODEL COMPREHENSION; PROCESS ORIENTED MODELS;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033160014     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.799953     Document Type: Article

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