The role of concepts in program comprehension
Rajlich, V.; Wilde, N.
Program Comprehension, 2002. Proceedings. 10th International Workshop on
Volume , Issue , 2002 Page(s): 271 - 278
Digital Object Identifier   10.1109/WPC.2002.1021348
Summary: The paper presents an overview of the role of concepts in program comprehension. It discusses concept location, in which the implementation of a specific concept is located in the code. This process is very common and precedes a large proportion of code changes. The paper also discusses the process of learning about the domain from the code, which is a prerequisite of code reengineering. The paper notes the similarities and overlaps between program comprehension and human learning.

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