CONTEXT: With the increased use of software for running key functions in modern society it
is of utmost importance to understand software robustness and how to support it. Although …

Deprecation allows the developers of application programming interfaces (APIs) to signal to
other developers that a given API item ought to be avoided. But little is known about …

In this paper, we propose a scalable instant code clone search engine for large-scale
software repositories. While there are commercial code search engines available, they treat …

In this paper, we study how to “surface” code for instant reference. A traditional mode of
surfacing code has been treating code as text and applying keyword search techniques …

Traditional compilers ignore processor specifications, thousands of pages of which are
available for modern processors. To bridge this gap, em-SPADE analyzes processor …

Abstract Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are at the core, forming a vital
programming activity, by supporting code reuse for programmers and software developers …

Data mining plays vital role in data analysis and also encompasses immense potential of
mining software engineering data to manage design and maintenance issues. Change …

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During the development of object-oriented software system; huge amount of software-
development data especially change-history is stored in software-repositories. This change …

The increasing use of reusable components during the process of software development in
the recent times has motivated the researchers to pay more attention to the measurement of …