Dialog-based protocol: An empirical research method for cognitive activities in software engineering

2005 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering, ISESE 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 397-406

  Xu, Shaochun ^a   Rajlich, Václav ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; DATA REDUCTION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOUND RECORDING;

COGNITIVE ACTIVITIES; DIALOG BASED PROTOCOLS; HAWTHORNE EFFECTS; SCREEN CAPTURING; VOICE RECORDING;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 33749044364     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISESE.2005.1541848     Document Type: Conference Paper

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