Empirical studies of programmers : papers presented at the First Workshop on Empirical Studies of Programmers, June 5-6, 1986, Washington, D.C.
Elliot M. Soloway, S. S. Iyengar · Ablex eBooks · 1986
This volume studies programmers to gain insights to facilitate improved productivity and quality software. The chapters cover a range of topics including cognitive models of programming; measuring program complexity; the effects of program style and structure on program comprehension, production and maintenance; documentation; the effects of control structures and data structures on program comprehension, production and maintenance; evaluations of program design and construction methodologies; teaching strategies; and assessment of programmer abilities.