Supporting the evolution of a software visualization tool through usability studies

Proceedings - IEEE Workshop on Program Comprehension

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 307-316

  Marcus, Andrian ^a   Comorski, Denise ^a   Sergeyev, Andrey ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESES; SOFTWARE VISUALIZATION TOOLS; USABILITY STUDY;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; DATA ACQUISITION; STUDENTS; USER INTERFACES; VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 27744545788     PISSN: 10928138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WPC.2005.34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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