Tool assisted identifier naming for improved software readability: An empirical study

2005 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering, ISESE 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 53-62

  Reif, Phillip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; ENGINEERS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STUDENTS;

IDENTIFIERS; PROGRAMMERS; READABILITY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33749073777     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISESE.2005.1541814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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