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An Information Foraging Theory Perspective on Tools for Debugging, Refactoring, and Reuse Tasks

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Fleming, Scott D., Scaffidi, Chris, Piorkowski, David, Burnett, Margaret, Bellamy, Rachel, Lawrance, Joseph, and Kwan, Irwin

Abstract:

Theories of human behavior are an important but largely untapped resource for software engineering research. They facilitate understanding of human developers’ needs and activities, and thus can serve as a valuable resource to researchers designing software engineering tools. Furthermore, theories abstract beyond specific methods and tools to fundamental principles that...

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Article
The whats and hows of programmers' foraging diets

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Oregon State University. Dept. of Computer Science, Piorkowski, David, Fleming, Scott D., Kwan, Irwin, Burnett, Margaret, 1949-, Scaffidi, Chris, Bellamy, Rachel, and Jordhal, Joshua

Abstract:

One of the least studied areas of Information Foraging Theory is diet: the information foragers choose to seek. For example, do foragers choose solely based on cost, or do they stubbornly pursue certain diets regardless of cost? Do their debugging strategies vary with their diets? To investigate "what" and "how"...

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Research Paper