Program understanding behavior during corrective maintenance of large-scale software

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-70

  Marie Vans, A ^a   Von Mayrhauser, Anneliese ^b   Somlo, Gabriel ^b  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^b Colorado State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

PROGRAM UNDERSTANDING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 0344771124     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.1999.0268     Document Type: Article

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