Recent advances in machine learning have stimulated widespread interest within the
Information Technology sector on integrating AI capabilities into software and services. This …

Collaborative development can be hampered when conflicts arise because developers have
inconsistent copies of a shared project. We present an approach to help developers identify …

DevOps is an emerging paradigm that reduces the barriers between developers and
operations teams to offer continuous fast delivery and enable quick responses to changing …

Merge conflicts cause software defects which if detected late may require expensive
resolution. This is especially true when developers work too long without integrating …

Program merging is standard practice when developers integrate their individual changes to
a common code base. When the merge algorithm fails, this is called a merge conflict. The …

In large projects, software developers struggle with two sources of complexity-the complexity
of the code itself, and the complexity of the process of producing it. Both of these concerns …

Social media has changed the way that people collaborate and share information. In this
paper, we highlight its impact for enabling new ways for software teams to form and work …

Software conflicts arising because of conflicting changes are a regular occurrence and delay
projects. The main precept of workspace awareness tools has been to identify potential …

The earlier a conflict is detected, the easier it is to resolve-this is the main precept of
workspace awareness. Workspace awareness seeks to provide users with information of …

In distributed software development, two sorts of dependencies can arise. The structure of
the software system itself can create dependencies between software elements, while the …