Debugging strategies and tactics in a multi-representation software environment

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 992-1009

  Romero, Pablo ^a   du Boulay, Benedict ^a   Cox, Richard ^a   Lutz, Rudi ^a   Bryant, Sallyann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graphical reasoning; Multiple external representations; Program debugging

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); DATA STRUCTURES; DATA VISUALIZATION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

GRAPHICAL REASONING; MULTI-REPRESENTATION SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIPLE EXTERNAL REPRESENTATIONS;

PROGRAM DEBUGGING;

EID: 35148829422     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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