Presenting micro-theories of program comprehension in pattern form

Proceedings - IEEE Workshop on Program Comprehension

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 45-54

  Murray, Adam ^a   Lethbridge, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COGNITIVE PATTERNS; PROGRAM COMPREHENSION; TOOL DESIGNERS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 27744507304     PISSN: 10928138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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