Program comprehension techniques improve software inspections: A case study

Proceedings - IEEE Workshop on Program Comprehension

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 131-138

  Rifkin, Stan ^a   Deimel, Lionel ^b  

^a Master Systems Inc   (United States)

^b 1408 Navahoe Dr ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided software engineering; Costs; Data privacy; Inspection; Programming; Software maintenance; Software measurement; Software performance; Software testing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER PRIVACY; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST ENGINEERING; COSTS; DATA PRIVACY; DEFECTS; INSPECTION; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COST EFFECTIVE; INSPECTION PROCESS; PROGRAM COMPREHENSION; PROGRAM UNDERSTANDING; SOFTWARE INSPECTION; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT; SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 84951167500     PISSN: 10928138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WPC.2000.852487     Document Type: Conference Paper

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