Sciweavers

917 search results - page 118 / 184
» What Context Matters
Sort
View
ICSE
2009
IEEE-ACM
14 years 9 months ago
How we refactor, and how we know it
Much of what we know about how programmers refactor in the wild is based on studies that examine just a few software projects. Researchers have rarely taken the time to replicate ...
Emerson R. Murphy-Hill, Chris Parnin, Andrew P. Bl...
SIGSOFT
2001
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
An empirical study on the utility of formal routines to transfer knowledge and experience
Most quality and software process improvement frameworks emphasize written (i.e. formal) documentation to convey recommended work practices. However, there is considerable skeptic...
Reidar Conradi, Tore Dybå
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Asynchronous gameplay in pervasive multiplayer mobile games
Hannamari Saarenp?? University of Tampere Kanslerinrinne 1 33014 Tampereen Yliopisto, Finland hannamari.saarenpaa@uta.fi Hannu Korhonen Nokia Research P.O. Box 1000 00045 Nokia Gro...
Hannamari Saarenpää, Hannu Korhonen, Jan...
CHI
2005
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Effectiveness of end-user debugging software features: are there gender issues?
Although gender differences in a technological world are receiving significant research attention, much of the research and practice has aimed at how society and education can imp...
Laura Beckwith, Margaret M. Burnett, Susan Wiedenb...
CHI
2004
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
The perfect search engine is not enough: a study of orienteering behavior in directed search
This paper presents a modified diary study that investigated how people performed personally motivated searches in their email, in their files, and on the Web. Although earlier st...
Jaime Teevan, Christine Alvarado, Mark S. Ackerman...