Using background colors to support program comprehension in software product lines

IET Seminar Digest

Volumn 2011, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-75

  Feigenspan, J ^a   Schulze, M ^a   Papendieck, M ^a   Kastner C ^b   Dachselt, R ^a   Koppen V ^a   Frisch, M ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; LINES OF CODE; PROGRAM COMPREHENSION; SOFTWARE PRODUCT LINE; SOFTWARE PRODUCT LINE ENGINEERINGS;

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RATING; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

COLOR;

EID: 82955219702     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ic.2011.0008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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