On the use of domain terms in source code

IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 113-122

  Haiduc, Sonia ^a   Marcus, Andrian ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDIES; DOMAIN TERMS; EXTERNAL SOURCES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; PROBLEM DOMAINS; PROGRAM COMPREHENSION; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SOURCE CODING;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 71149121760     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPC.2008.29     Document Type: Conference Paper

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