Program Understanding and the Concept Assignment Problem

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 72-82

  Biggerstaff, Ted J ^a   Mitbander, Bharat G ^b   Webster, Dallas E ^b  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Microelectronics Computer Technology Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 84903520119     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/175290.175300     Document Type: Article

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