Title :
Experimental Settings in Program Comprehension: Challenges and Open Issues
Author :
Di Lucca, Giuseppe A. ; Di Penta, Massimiliano
Author_Institution :
Res. Centre on Software Technol., Univ. of Sannio, Benevento
Abstract :
Several approaches to program comprehension have been proposed along the years, ranging from fact extraction to sophisticated visualization tools. In order to effectively assess the benefits of each approach, or to properly compare different techniques, it is necessary to carry out a proper, well-defined experimentation. This work session aims to discuss the main issues in preparing experimental settings related to the evaluation of approaches and tools supporting program comprehension, as well as to promote networking aiming to carry on collaborative experimentations
Keywords :
program visualisation; reverse engineering; software maintenance; program comprehension; program visualization tool; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Human factors; Instruments; Packaging; Performance evaluation; Software maintenance; Software systems; Software tools; Visualization; Empirical studies; program comprehension;
Conference_Titel :
Program Comprehension, 2006. ICPC 2006. 14th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2601-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICPC.2006.23
