Syntactic/semantic interactions in programmer behavior: A model and experimental results

International Journal of Computer & Information Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1979, Pages 219-238

  Shneiderman, Ben ^a   Mayer, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive models; debugging; education; information processing; learning; modification; program composition; program comprehension; Programming; programming languages

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248932786     PISSN: 00917036     EISSN: 15737640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00977789     Document Type: Article

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