Program Comprehension

An Ensemble Approach for Annotating Source Code Identifiers with Part-of-speech Tags
This paper presents an ensemble part-of-speech tagging approach for source code identifiers. Ensemble tagging is a technique that uses …
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Using Grammar Patterns to Interpret Test Method Name Evolution
It is good practice to name test methods such that they are comprehensible to developers; they must be written in such a way that their …
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On the generation, structure, and semantics of grammar patterns in source code identifiers
Identifiers make up a majority of the text in code. They are one of the most basic mediums through which developers describe the code …
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Contextualizing rename decisions using refactorings, commit messages, and data types
Identifier names are the atoms of program comprehension. Weak identifier names decrease developer productivity and degrade the …
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An Empirical Study of Abbreviations and Expansions in Software Artifacts
Expanding abbreviations is an important text normalization technique used for the purpose of either increasing developer comprehension …
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An Open Dataset of Abbreviations and Expansions
We present a data set of abbreviations and expansions, derived from a set of five open source systems, for use by the research and …
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Contextualizing Rename Decisions using Refactorings and Commit Messages
Identifier names are the atoms of comprehension; weak identifier names decrease productivity by increasing the chance that developers …
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Modeling the Relationship Between Identifier Name and Behavior
This paper presents the features of a model that relates the natural language found in identifiers with program semantics. The model …
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Towards a Model to Appraise and Suggest Identifier Names
Unknowingly, identifiers in the source code of a software system play a vital role in determining the quality of the system. Ambiguous …
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An Empirical Investigation of How and Why Developers Rename Identifiers
Renaming is vital to software maintenance and evolution. Developers rename entities when their original names no longer fit their …
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