Context: Programmers' mental models represent their knowledge and understanding of
programs, programming concepts, and programming in general. They guide programmers' …

The cognitive dimensions framework is a broad-brush evaluation technique for interactive
devices and for non-interactive notations. It sets out a small vocabulary of terms designed to …

Much of software developers' time is spent understanding unfamiliar code. To better
understand how developers gain this understanding and how software development …

Little is known about the specific kinds of questions programmers ask when evolving a code
base and how well existing tools support those questions. To better support the activity of …

Software Design-Cognitive Aspects covers a variety of areas including software analysis,
design, coding and maintenance. It details the history of the research that has been …

The paper presents an overview of the role of concepts in program comprehension. It
discusses concept location, in which the implementation of a specific concept is located in …

Although there is a long tradition of empirical studies of software developers, few studies
have focused on software maintenance. Prior work is predicated on the belief that higher …

Programmers are frequently tasked with modifying, enhancing, and extending applications.
To perform these tasks, programmers must understand existing code by forming mental …

Software-product-line engineering aims at the development of variable and reusable
software systems. In practice, software product lines are often implemented with …

In modern multi-representational environments, software developers need to coordinate
various information sources to effectively perform maintenance tasks. Although visual …