The standard approach to applying text retrieval models to code repositories is to train
models on documents representing program elements. However, code changes lead to …

Feature location is a program comprehension activity in which a developer inspects source
code to locate the classes or methods that implement a feature of interest. Many feature …

Developers participating in an open source software (OSS) project make contributions to the
project at different levels and aspects. Their underlying technical interests, expertise, and …

Software evolves inherently due to change requirement. The change request applied with
intent to achieve the appropriate functionality of the software. This change inside the code …

Topic modeling is a machine learning technique for discovering thematic structure within a
corpus. Topic models have been applied to several areas of software engineering, including …