Assessing the comprehension of UML class diagrams via eye tracking

IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 113-122

  Yusuf, Shehnaaz ^a   Kagdi, Huzefa ^a   Maletic, Jonathan I ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE-TRACKING EQUIPMENT; UML CLASS DIAGRAMS;

EYE MOVEMENTS; SEMANTICS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

EID: 34948842996     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPC.2007.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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