Inference-based and expectation-based processing in program comprehension

Proceedings - IEEE Workshop on Program Comprehension

Volumn 2001-January, Issue , 2001, Pages 71-78

  O'Brien, Michael P ^a   Buckley, Jim ^a  

^a Athletic Rehabilitation Therapy Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bridges; Cognitive science; Costs; Data mining; Documentation; Information technology; Performance evaluation; Programming profession

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COSTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SYSTEM PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION;

CODING STANDARDS; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PROGRAM COMPREHENSION; PROGRAMMING PROFESSION; TOPDOWN;

DATA MINING;

EID: 84951004429     PISSN: 10928138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/WPC.2001.921715     Document Type: Article

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