Behavioral Studies of the Programming Process.

Abstract

This is a final report on an Office of Naval Research contract to investigate the behavioral problems and processes of computer programming. Following an overview of the effort given in section (1), the research work is discussed in sections (2)-(7) under six headings, with Motivation, Work Summary, and Recommendations given for each. Section headings are: (2) computer usage statistics; (3) performance with programming control structures; (4) natural language programming and communication; (5) investigation of program design behavior; (6) investigation of program modification behavior; and (7) general behavioral issues in interactive computer systems. The published reports, under the contract, are listed in section (8) with the contract personnel given in section (9). (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 10, 1978
Accession Number
ADA061633

Entities

People

  • Lance A. Miller

Organizations

  • IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Applied Psychology
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Cohesion
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Information Processing
  • Language
  • Military Research
  • Operations Research
  • Psychology
  • Specifications
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Computer Science.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.