Duplicate bug report detection: How far are we?

T Zhang, DG Han, V Vinayakarao, IC Irsan… - ACM Transactions on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Many Duplicate Bug Report Detection (DBRD) techniques have been proposed in the
research literature. The industry uses some other techniques. Unfortunately, there is …

[HTML][HTML] Bots in software engineering: a systematic mapping study

S Santhanam, T Hecking, A Schreiber… - PeerJ Computer …, 2022 - peerj.com
Bots have emerged from research prototypes to deployable systems due to the recent
developments in machine learning, natural language processing and understanding …

BotHunter: An approach to detect software bots in GitHub

A Abdellatif, M Wessel, I Steinmacher… - Proceedings of the 19th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Bots have become popular in software projects as they play critical roles, from running tests
to fixing bugs/vulnerabilities. However, the large number of software bots adds extra effort to …

BTLink: automatic link recovery between issues and commits based on pre-trained BERT model

J Lan, L Gong, J Zhang, H Zhang - Empirical Software Engineering, 2023 - Springer
Data traceability in software development can connect different software artifacts to enhance
the observability of developer practices. In particular, traceability links between issues and …

Automating discussion structure re-organization for GitHub issues

S Bai, L Liu, C Meng, H Liu - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
As a popular social code hosting platform, GitHub encourages developers to discuss and
leave opinions on issues. However, the linear format of GitHub issue discussions makes …

Consistent or not? An investigation of using pull request template in GitHub

M Zhang, H Liu, C Chen, Y Liu, S Bai - Information and Software …, 2022 - Elsevier
Context: The arbitrary usage of pull requests in GitHub may bring many issues such as
incomplete, verbose, and duplicated descriptions, which hinder the development and …

Quality gatekeepers: investigating the effects of code review bots on pull request activities

M Wessel, A Serebrenik, I Wiese, I Steinmacher… - Empirical Software …, 2022 - Springer
Software bots have been facilitating several development activities in Open Source Software
(OSS) projects, including code review. However, these bots may bring unexpected impacts …

Human, bot or both? A study on the capabilities of classification models on mixed accounts

N Cassee, C Kitsanelis, E Constantinou… - 2021 IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Several bot detection algorithms have recently been discussed in the literature, as software
bots that perform maintenance tasks have become more popular in recent years. State-of …

Is this Snippet Written by ChatGPT? An Empirical Study with a CodeBERT-Based Classifier

PT Nguyen, J Di Rocco, C Di Sipio, R Rubei… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Since its launch in November 2022, ChatGPT has gained popularity among users,
especially programmers who use it as a tool to solve development problems. However …

A mixed-methods analysis of micro-collaborative coding practices in OpenStack

A Foundjem, E Constantinou, T Mens… - Empirical Software …, 2022 - Springer
Technical collaboration between multiple contributors is a natural phenomenon in
distributed open source software development projects. Macro-collaboration, where each …