We just learned this paper is accepted at ICSM 2012. The idea The basic idea of this paper is to investigate whether we could apply the known code smells invented by Martin Fowler in his book Refactoring to spreadsheet formulas. You could view a formula as a small piece of code, so it makes sense to […]
Related work section for a paper
This paper concerns the analysis of data in spreadsheets, focusing on duplication of data. So, how do I do this? Spreadsheet data I visit DBLP (contains 2014228 papers) and enter spreadsheet data, this results in 44 results. I notice two very interesting paper that do not have to do with the related work section I am writing, but […]
Change
When do people change behavior? When it’s worth it to them. And they know how to change – @johannarothman @paulambro
Measuring Spreadsheet Formula Understandability
This paper is accepted at the Annual Conference of the European Spreadsheet Risk Interest Group in July in Manchester. Measuring Spreadsheet Formula Understandability Spreadsheets are widely used in industry, because they are flexible and easy to use. Often they are used for business-critical applications. It is however difficult for spreadsheet users to correctly assess the quality […]
Blog: Contextures on spreadsheet smells
Debra Dalgleish of Contextures, a well-known Excel blog, wrote a post on my ICSE 2012 paper today.