Software visualizations for improving and measuring the comprehensibility of source code

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-133

  Umphress, David A ^a   Hendrix, T Dean ^a   Cross II, James H ^a   Maghsoodloo, Saeed ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity profile graph; Control structure diagram; Controlled experiments; Software comprehension; Software visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; GRAPH THEORY; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPLEXITY PROFILE GRAPH; CONTROL STRUCTURE DIAGRAM; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS; SOFTWARE COMPREHENSION; SOFTWARE VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 32144439715     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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