Theories, methods and tools in program comprehension: Past present and future

Proceedings - IEEE Workshop on Program Comprehension

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 181-191

  Storey, Margaret Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE THEORIES; COMPREHENSION TASKS; PROGRAM COMPREHENSION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 27744584531     PISSN: 10928138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WPC.2005.38     Document Type: Conference Paper

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