An approach to experimental evaluation of software understandability

ISESE 2002 - Proceedings, 2002 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 48-55

  Shima, K ^a   Takemura, Y ^b   Matsumoto, K ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Osaka University of Arts   (Japan)

Author keywords

evolution; experimentation; human factors; maintenance; measurement; reuse

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MAINTENANCE; MEASUREMENTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTATION; ITS APPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY MODELING; REUSE; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; UNDERSTANDABILITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY;

EID: 84964599001     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISESE.2002.1166925     Document Type: Conference Paper

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