Identifying the difficulties of object-oriented development

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-36

  Sheetz, Steven D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis and design; Cognitive mapping; Group support systems; Mental models; Novice expert; Object oriented

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

OBJECT-ORIENTED (OO) SYSTEMS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037110429     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(02)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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