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An empirical study on software understandability and its dependence on code characteristics

open access: yesEmpirical Software Engineering, 2023
Context Insufficient code understandability makes software difficult to inspect and maintain and is a primary cause of software development cost. Several source code measures may be used to identify difficult-to-understand code, including well-known ones
L. Lavazza, S. Morasca, Marco Gatto
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Readability and Understandability Scores for Snippet Assessment: an Exploratory Study [PDF]

open access: yesWorkshops on Software Visualization, Evolution and Maintenance, 2021
Code search engines usually use readability feature to rank code snippets. There are several metrics to calculate this feature, but developers may have different perceptions about readability.
C. Dantas, M. Maia
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Improving understandability of feature contributions in model-agnostic explainable AI tools

open access: yesInternational Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2022
Model-agnostic explainable AI tools explain their predictions by means of ’local’ feature contributions. We empirically investigate two potential improvements over current approaches.
Sophia Hadash   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An Empirical Validation of Cognitive Complexity as a Measure of Source Code Understandability [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, 2020
Background: Developers spend a lot of their time on understanding source code. Static code analysis tools can draw attention to code that is difficult for developers to understand.
Marvin Muñoz Barón   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

To understand or not to understand: This is the problem [PDF]

open access: yesThe Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2018
The aim of the study was to evaluate the level of readability of the informed consent used before colonoscopy in a university hospital by different methods, and to investigate related sociodemographic variables.This descriptive, cross-sectional study included 211 subjects aged over 18.
Limnili, Gizem   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Assessment of the Quality, Understandability, and Reliability of YouTube Videos as a Source of Information on Basal Cell Carcinoma: Web-Based Analysis

open access: yesJMIR Cancer, 2022
Background Patients with skin cancer increasingly watch online videos to acquire disease-related information. Until now, no scientific evaluation of the quality of videos available for German-speaking patients with basal cell carcinoma (BCC) has been ...
T. Steeb   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An Understandable, Extensible, and Reusable Implementation of the Hodgkin-Huxley Equations Using Modelica

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2020
The Hodgkin-Huxley model of the squid giant axon has been used for decades as the basis of many action potential models. These models are usually communicated using just a list of equations or a circuit diagram, which makes them unnecessarily complicated
Christopher Schölzel   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Literature Survey of How to Convey Transparency in Co-Located Human–Robot Interaction

open access: yesMultimodal Technologies and Interaction, 2023
In human–robot interaction, transparency is essential to ensure that humans understand and trust robots. Understanding is vital from an ethical perspective and benefits interaction, e.g., through appropriate trust. While there is research on explanations
Svenja Y. Schött   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Financial accounting information presented with infographics: does it improve financial reporting understandability?

open access: yesJournal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, 2022
PurposeGovernmental financial reporting is prepared for accountability and decision-making purposes and is directed to a wide range of users, including citizens.
Sandra Cohen   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessing Vasectomy-Related Information on YouTube: An Analysis of the Quality, Understandability, and Actionability of Information

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Men's Health, 2022
This study aims to critically appraise the quality of vasectomy-related health information currently available on YouTube to better address patient information needs moving forward.
J. Lang   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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