Modelling the information-seeking behaviour of programmers - An empirical approach

Proceedings - IEEE Workshop on Program Comprehension

Volumn 1994, Issue , 2005, Pages 125-134

  O'Brien, Michael P ^a   Buckley, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMMERS; NON-LINEAR INFORMATION-SEEKING MODEL;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 27744601424     PISSN: 10928138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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