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Filtering by: DOI 10.1109/TVLSI.2011.2111392 Subject Debugging in computer science

Information Foraging Theory as a Unifying Foundation for Software Engineering Research : Connecting the Dots

Creator:

Piorkowski, David

Abstract:

Empirical studies have shown that programmers spend up to one-third of their time navigating through code during debugging. Although researchers have conducted empirical studies to understand programmers’ navigation difficulties and developed tools to address those difficulties, the resulting findings tend to be loosely connected to each other. To address this...

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Dissertation
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
Mapping Software Development Tool Design to Information Foraging Theory

Creator:

Nabi, Md Tahmid-un

Abstract:

The design of programming tools is slow and costly. To ease this process, we have developed a design pattern catalog aimed at providing guidance about how to design tools for developers. This guidance is grounded in Information Foraging Theory (IFT), which empirical studies have shown to be useful for understanding...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis