A cognitive model for program comprehension

Proceedings - Third ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, SERA 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 392-398

  Xu, Shaochun ^a  

^a ALGOMA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COGNITIVE MODEL; LEARNING MODELS; PROGRAM COMPREHENSION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33845974937     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SERA.2005.2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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