Modeling comprehension processes in software development

Proceedings - 1st IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics, ICCI 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 329-336

  Klemola, T ^a   Rilling, J ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

COGNITIVE EFFORTS; COGNITIVE LOADS; COMPREHENSION PROCESS; SHORT TERM; SOFTWARE DEVELOPER;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84962419756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COGINF.2002.1039314     Document Type: Conference Paper

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