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20082011
most citedAn Exploratory Analysis of the Impact of Named Ranges on the Debugging Performance of Novice Users

14 citations · 65 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

cs.HC2011★ 4 cited

Spreadsheets on the Move: An Evaluation of Mobile Spreadsheets

Derek Flood, Rachel Harrison, Kevin McDaid

The power of mobile devices has increased dramatically in the last few years. These devices are becoming more sophisticated allowing users to accomplish a wide variety of tasks whi…

cs.SE2011★ 7 cited

Effect of Range Naming Conventions on Reliability and Development Time for Simple Spreadsheet Formulas

Ruth McKeever, Kevin McDaid

Practitioners often argue that range names make spreadsheets easier to understand and use, akin to the role of good variable names in traditional programming languages, yet there i…

cs.SE2011★ 6 cited

Spreadsheets in Financial Departments: An Automated Analysis of 65,000 Spreadsheets using the Luminous Technology

Kevin McDaid, Ronan MacRuairi, Neil Clynch +3

Spreadsheet technology is a cornerstone of IT systems in most organisations. It is often the glue that binds more structured transaction-based systems together. Financial operation…

cs.SE2010★ 8 cited

How do Range Names Hinder Novice Spreadsheet Debugging Performance?

Ruth McKeever, Kevin McDaid

Although experts diverge on how best to improve spreadsheet quality, it is generally agreed that more time needs to be spent testing spreadsheets. Ideally, experienced and trained…

cs.SE2009★ 2 cited

NLP-SIR: A Natural Language Approach for Spreadsheet Information Retrieval

Derek Flood, Kevin Mc Daid, Fergal Mc Caffery

Spreadsheets are a ubiquitous software tool, used for a wide variety of tasks such as financial modelling, statistical analysis and inventory management. Extracting meaningful info…

cs.SE2009

Error Estimation in Large Spreadsheets using Bayesian Statistics

Leslie Bradley, Kevin McDaid

Spreadsheets are ubiquitous in business with the financial sector particularly heavily reliant on the technology. It is known that the level of spreadsheet error can be high and th…