A review of human factors research on programming languages and specifications

1 January 1982

proceedings article
Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

p. 212-218
https://doi.org/10.1145/800049.801782

Abstract

This paper presents a partial review of the human factors work on computer programming. It begins by giving an overview of the behavioral science approach to studying programming. Because of space limitations this review will concentrate on cognitive models of programmer problem solving and the experimental research on language characteristics and specification formats. Areas not reviewed include debugging, programming teams, individual differnces, and research methods. The conclusions discuss promising directions for future theory and research.

Keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
PARTIAL REVIEW
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERNCES
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
COGNITIVE MODEL
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE APPROACH
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH
HUMAN FACTOR
PROGRAMMING TEAM
FUTURE THEORY
RESEARCH METHOD
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS
HUMAN FACTORS
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

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