CERBERUS: Tracing requirements to source code using information retrieval, dynamic analysis, and program analysis

IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 53-62

  Eaddy, Marc ^a   Aho, Alfred V ^a   Antoniol, Giuliano ^b   Guéhéneuc, Yann Gaël ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPENDENCY ANALYSIS; HYBRID TECHNIQUES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD; JAVA PROGRAMS; LOCATION PROBLEMS; PROGRAM ANALYSIS; PROGRAM COMPREHENSION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENTS; SOURCE CODING;

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICES; SEARCH ENGINES;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

EID: 71149107922     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPC.2008.39     Document Type: Conference Paper

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