Presentation 2022-03-08
Experimental Evaluation of Inferring Software Description Using Project Corpus
Kohei Terakawa, Chen Sinan, Masahide Nakamura,
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Abstract(in English) Software developed in the past is gradually discontinued over time.However, the source code of such software contains a lot of information that can be reused and has high asset value, so understanding the characteristics of existing software can be utilized when developing new software.In a previous study, we proposed a method for inferring the outline of an existing system using a project corpus ($corpus_{Pj}$), and conducted preliminary experiments to verify its feasibility. The results are as follows. As a result, it was found that $corpus_{Pj}$ can be used to infer the purpose, function, and technology of a system.In this paper, we confirm the validity of $corpus_{Pj}$ from a viewpoint that has not been examined in previous studies.We set three verification items and conduct an experiment in which we use $corpus_{Pj}$ to infer the function of the system, the technology used in the system, and the outline of the system.From the results of the experiment, we confirmed that the guessing of the project depends on two factors: first, the $corpus_{Pj}$ correctly reflects the information of the system, and second, the respondents' knowledge of the words in the corpus.
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Keyword(in English) Software Development / Technical debt / Upcycling / Corpus
Paper # SS2021-57
Date of Issue 2022-02-28 (SS)

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Committee SS
Conference Date 2022/3/7(2days)
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Place (in English) Online
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Topics (in English) Software Science etc.
Chair Takashi Kobayashi(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.)
Vice Chair Kozo Okano(Shinshu Univ.)
Secretary Kozo Okano(Hiroshima City Univ.)
Assistant Shinpei Ogata(Shinshu Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Software Science
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Experimental Evaluation of Inferring Software Description Using Project Corpus
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Software Development
Keyword(2) Technical debt
Keyword(3) Upcycling
Keyword(4) Corpus
1st Author's Name Kohei Terakawa
1st Author's Affiliation Kobe University(Kobe Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Chen Sinan
2nd Author's Affiliation Kobe University(Kobe Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Masahide Nakamura
3rd Author's Affiliation Kobe University(Kobe Univ.)
Date 2022-03-08
Paper # SS2021-57
Volume (vol) vol.121
Number (no) SS-416
Page pp.pp.90-96(SS),
#Pages 7
Date of Issue 2022-02-28 (SS)