Impact of limited memory resources

IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 83-92

  Binkley, Dave ^a   Lawrie, Dawn ^a   Maex, Steve ^a   Morrell, Christopher ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Identifier names; Memory; Program comprehension

Indexed keywords

HUMAN MEMORY; IDENTIFIER NAMES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LIMITED MEMORY; MEMORY; OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMS; PROGRAM COMPREHENSION; SOURCE CODING; STATISTICAL MODELLING;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 71149116995     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPC.2008.31     Document Type: Conference Paper

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