Understanding source code evolution using abstract syntax tree matching

Proceedings of the 2005 International Workshop on Mining Software Repositories, MSR 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Neamtiu, Iulian ^a   Foster, Jeffrey S ^a   Hicks, Michael ^a  

^a University of Maryland ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract syntax trees; Software evolution; Source code analysis

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; SYNTACTICS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); XML;

ABSTRACT SYNTAX TREES; DYNAMIC SOFTWARE UPDATING; GLOBAL VARIABLES; MEASUREMENTS OF; MINING SOFTWARE REPOSITORIES; OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; SOURCE CODE ANALYSIS;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

EID: 85088065411     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1083142.1083143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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