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MSR
2005
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Recovering system specific rules from software repositories
One of the most successful applications of static analysis based bug finding tools is to search the source code for violations of system-specific rules. These rules may describe h...
Chadd C. Williams, Jeffrey K. Hollingsworth
MSR
2005
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Repository mining and Six Sigma for process improvement
In this paper, we propose to apply artifact mining in a global development environment to support measurement based process management and improvement, such as SEI/CMMI’s GQ(I)M...
Michael VanHilst, Pankaj K. Garg, Christopher Lo
MSR
2005
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Software repository mining with Marmoset: an automated programming project snapshot and testing system
Most computer science educators hold strong opinions about the “right” approach to teaching introductory level programming. Unfortunately, we have comparatively little hard ev...
Jaime Spacco, Jaymie Strecker, David Hovemeyer, Wi...
MSR
2005
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
When do changes induce fixes?
As a software system evolves, programmers make changes that sometimes cause problems. We analyze CVS archives for fix-inducing changes—changes that lead to problems, indicated ...
Jacek Sliwerski, Thomas Zimmermann, Andreas Zeller
MSR
2005
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Improving evolvability through refactoring
Refactoring is one means of improving the structure of existing software. Locations for the application of refactoring are often based on subjective perceptions such as ”bad sme...
Jacek Ratzinger, Michael Fischer, Harald Gall
MSR
2005
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Understanding source code evolution using abstract syntax tree matching
Iulian Neamtiu, Jeffrey S. Foster, Michael W. Hick...
MSR
2005
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Analysis of signature change patterns
Software continually changes due to performance improvements, new requirements, bug fixes, and adaptation to a changing operational environment. Common changes include modificatio...
Sunghun Kim, E. James Whitehead Jr., Jennifer Beva...