Towards a Theory of the Comprehension of Computer Programs

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Programmers are sometimes required to comprehend completed programs in the course of debugging, maintenance, code reviews and testing. The process seems to take a top-down approach where a general hypothesis and knowledge structure of domains is refined into a final program comprehension. Comprehension behavior includes original problem understanding, intrinsic understanding of the text, strategy differences and goal orientation. Documentation may be an aid to program comprehension.

Documentation, Programmer, Human Factors, Program Logic, Programming, Software Mainenance, Software Modification, Program Testing

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On the Application of Rule-Based Techniques to the Design of Advice-Giving Systems

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Informing, explaining and recommending in interactive advice systems are explored. Man-machine dialogue involves the interpreting of user inputs and planful behavior, together with a program's reasoning about its own behavior. Rule based systems providing context-dependent advice are discussed. The aspects of plan-formation, revision, recognition and generalization are explored. The problems of intentions, side effects and ill-formed intentions are presented.

Systems analysis, Computer games, Information systems, System Design, Interactive Systems, Scientific Research, Computer Game

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