Using language-based search in mining large software repositories

Language component plays an important role in data/information retrieval. Data retrieval in software engineering is often hindered by the difficulty of getting data from commercial software. The emergence of the open source repositories has contributed tremendously in the collection of software...

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Main Author:	Awang Abu Bakar, Normi Sham
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2011
Subjects:	QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/11831/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/11831/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/11831/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/11831/1/science_8451.pdf

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spelling	iium-118312011-12-20T05:59:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/11831/ Using language-based search in mining large software repositories Awang Abu Bakar, Normi Sham QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Language component plays an important role in data/information retrieval. Data retrieval in software engineering is often hindered by the difficulty of getting data from commercial software. The emergence of the open source repositories has contributed tremendously in the collection of software data. This paper highlights the data retrieval method for mining software from a vast open source software repository, SourceForge. For the purpose of automating the data retrieval from the repository, a parser was written using the Python programming language, and based on the pattern matching algorithm. The retrieved data were later used to estimate the quality of the open source software. Elsevier 2011-12-17 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/11831/1/science_8451.pdf Awang Abu Bakar, Normi Sham (2011) Using language-based search in mining large software repositories. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 27. pp. 160-168. ISSN 18770428 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.594 doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.594
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spellingShingle	QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Awang Abu Bakar, Normi Sham Using language-based search in mining large software repositories
description	Language component plays an important role in data/information retrieval. Data retrieval in software engineering is often hindered by the difficulty of getting data from commercial software. The emergence of the open source repositories has contributed tremendously in the collection of software data. This paper highlights the data retrieval method for mining software from a vast open source software repository, SourceForge. For the purpose of automating the data retrieval from the repository, a parser was written using the Python programming language, and based on the pattern matching algorithm. The retrieved data were later used to estimate the quality of the open source software.
format	Article
author	Awang Abu Bakar, Normi Sham
author_facet	Awang Abu Bakar, Normi Sham
author_sort	Awang Abu Bakar, Normi Sham
title	Using language-based search in mining large software repositories
title_short	Using language-based search in mining large software repositories
title_full	Using language-based search in mining large software repositories
title_fullStr	Using language-based search in mining large software repositories
title_full_unstemmed	Using language-based search in mining large software repositories
title_sort	using language-based search in mining large software repositories
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2011
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Using language-based search in mining large software repositories

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