Layered program auralization: Using music to increase runtime program comprehension and debugging effectiveness

IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 89-93

  Stefik, Andreas ^a   Fitz, Kelly ^a   Alexander, Roger ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault detection; Layered program auralization; Music; Sonified debugging; Testing

Indexed keywords

FAULT DETECTION; LAYERED PROGRAM AURALIZATION; RUNTIME PROGRAM COMPREHENSION; SONIFIED DEBUGGING;

COMPUTER MUSIC; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; PROGRAMMING THEORY;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 33845409753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPC.2006.33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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