How do program understanding tools affect how programmers understand programs?

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-207

  Storey, M A D ^a,b   Wong, K ^b   Muller H A ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; REVERSE ENGINEERING;

PROGRAM UNDERSTANDING; SOFTWARE VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033896527     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6423(99)00036-2     Document Type: Article

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