Resumption strategies for interrupted programming tasks

IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 80-89

  Parnin, Chris ^a   Rugaber, Spencer ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT TOOLS; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMERS; PROGRAMMING TASKS;

EID: 70349991482     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPC.2009.5090030     Document Type: Article

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