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ICSE
2011
IEEE-ACM
12 years 8 months ago
2011
IEEE-ACM
Parallel programs are difficult to write, test, and debug. This thesis explores how programmers build mental models about parallel programs, and demonstrates, through user evaluat...
EICS
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2009
ACM
This paper discusses the use of formal methods for analysing human-computer interaction. We focus on the mode confusion problem that arises whenever the user thinks that the syste...
COODBSE
1994
13 years 6 months ago
1994
Software engineering research has focused primarily on software construction, neglecting software maintenance and evolution. Observed is a shift in research from synthesis to anal...
PDCAT
2004
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2004
Springer
Abstract. This paper proposes a novel View-Oriented Parallel Programming style for parallel programming on cluster computers. ViewOriented Parallel Programming is based on Distribu...
CSMR
1999
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
1999
IEEE
Maintenance activities are made more difficult when pointers are heavily used in source code: the programmer needs to build a mental model of memory locations and of the way they ...