Using topic models to support software maintenance

Proceedings of the European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, CSMR

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 403-408

  Grant, Scott ^a   Cordy, James R ^a   Skillicorn, David B ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY; LATENT INFORMATION; LATENT TOPIC MODEL; SOFTWARE PROJECT; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SOURCE CODES; TOPIC MODEL;

REENGINEERING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 84860535467     PISSN: 15345351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSMR.2012.51     Document Type: Conference Paper

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