Title :
Guest Editors´ Introduction: Mining Software Archives
Author :
Nagappan, Nachiappan ; Zeller, Andreas ; Zimmermann, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Microsoft Research
Abstract :
Modern programming environments automatically collect lots of data on software development, notably changes and defects. The field of mining software archives is concerned with the automated extraction, collection, and abstraction of information from this data. This is the introduction to a special issue of IEEE Software presenting a selection of the exciting research that is taking place in the field.
Keywords :
Collaborative software; Costs; Environmental management; History; Humans; Programming environments; Social network services; Software engineering; Software maintenance; Software quality; and enhancement; configuration management; construction tools; data mining; distribution; maintenance; programming environments;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
