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Interactive explanation of software systems (1995)

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Author	Johnson, W. Lewis Erdem, Ali
Description	This paper describes an effort to provide automated support for the interactive inquiry and explanation process that is at the heart of software understand-ing. A hypermedia tool called I-Doc allows software engineers to post queries about a software system, and generates focused explanations in response. These ex-planations are task-oriented, i.e., they are sensitive to the software engineering task being performed by the user that led to the query. Task orientation leads to more eflective explanations, and is particularly help-ful for understanding large software systems. Empir-ical studies of inquiry episodes were conducted in or-der to investigate this claim; the kinds of questions users ask, their relation to the user’s task and level of expertise. The I-Doc tool is being developed to em-body these principles, employing knowledge-based tech-niques. The presentation mechanism employs World Wide Web (WWW) technology, making it suitable for widespread use. 1 In Proceedings of the Tenth Knowledge-Based Software Engineering Conference (KBSE-95
File Format	PDF
Language	English
Publisher Date	1995-01-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Interactive Inquiry Task Orientation Hypermedia Tool Interactive Explanation Large Software System World Wide Web Question User Eflective Explanation Inquiry Episode Widespread Use User Task Presentation Mechanism Empir-ical Study Software System I-doc Allows Software Engineer I-doc Tool Software Engineering Task Automated Support Explanation Process Knowledge-based Tech-niques
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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