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The whats and hows of programmers' foraging diets

Creator:

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

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Whats and Hows of Programmers’ Foraging Diets David Piorkowski1, Scott D. Fleming2, Irwin Kwan1