Role of comprehension in software inspection

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-129

  Dunsmore, A ^a   Roper, M ^a   Wood, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

DEFECT DETECTION PROCESS; SOFTWARE INSPECTION; VISUALISATION TOOLS;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034207574     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(99)00138-7     Document Type: Article

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