Title :
Modelling the information-seeking behaviour of programmers - an empirical approach
Author :
Brien, Michael P O ; Buckley, Jim
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Syst., Limerick Univ., Ireland
Abstract :
Information seeking has been recognised as a core subtask in software maintenance. This paper reviews, merges, and adapts existing information seeking models for different domains to propose a nonlinear information-seeking model for programmers involved in software maintenance. Talk-aloud data from two empirical studies of industrial programmers carrying out real software maintenance tasks is presented, to illustrate and validate (in part) this model.
Keywords :
information needs; professional aspects; software development management; software maintenance; industrial programmer; information seeking model; software maintenance; Computer industry; Computer science; Heart; Information retrieval; Information systems; Probes; Problem-solving; Programming profession; Software maintenance; Software systems;
Conference_Titel :
Program Comprehension, 2005. IWPC 2005. Proceedings. 13th International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2254-8
DOI :
10.1109/WPC.2005.24
