… This study analyzed the cognitive processes of experienced system developers engaged
in the program comprehension phase of software reengineering activity. Results indicate that …

… change propagation and ease of comprehension [2, 3, … program comprehension. We
argue that this aspect is crucial because programs are written once but read many times: “Programs …

… Section 2 discusses the relevant literature of the field, while Section 3 discusses relevant
issues in designing and carrying on empirical studies on program comprehension. Sections 4 …

… of empirical studies on program comprehension at the International Conference on Program
Comprehension (… potential problems in comprehending papers on program comprehension. …

… ensemble of empirical studies of objectoriented program comprehension. While this study
did find distinct differences in the mental representation of imperative and 00 style programs, …

… program comprehension through dynamic analysis, we first provide definitions of program
comprehension and dynamic analysis… The benefits and limitations of dynamic analysis are …

… empirical studies on program comprehension are to understand the comprehension patterns
… different skill levels working on different types of programming languages. The results of the …

… been proposed in the literature, their empirical evaluation is, as we will see, … on program
comprehension through dynamic analysis. A strong emphasis in our research is put on empirical …

… of this methodology in furthering our understanding of program comprehension. At the
current stage of analysis we already gained much confidence in the potential of this approach. …

… The goal of this study is to explore how program comprehension is done in software industry
and to assess which knowledge is particularly important for comprehending programs, and …