An information retrieval approach for automatically constructing software libraries

A technology for automatically assembling large software libraries which promote software reuse by helping the user locate the components closest to her/his needs is described. Software libraries are automatically assembled from a set of unorganized components by using information retrieval techniqu...

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Published inIEEE transactions on software engineering Vol. 17; no. 8; pp. 800 - 813
Main Authors Maarek, Y.S., Berry, D.M., Kaiser, G.E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.08.1991
IEEE Computer Society
Subjects
Assembly
Components
Computer science
Data mining
Documentation
Indexing
Information retrieval
Knowledge
Language
Libraries
Natural language
Natural languages
Productivity
Programming profession
Queries
Retrieval performance measures
Semantics
Software
Software engineering
Software libraries
Systems development
Techniques
Technology
Theory
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Summary:A technology for automatically assembling large software libraries which promote software reuse by helping the user locate the components closest to her/his needs is described. Software libraries are automatically assembled from a set of unorganized components by using information retrieval techniques. The construction of the library is done in two steps. First, attributes are automatically extracted from natural language documentation by using an indexing scheme based on the notions of lexical affinities and quantity of information. Then a hierarchy for browsing is automatically generated using a clustering technique which draws only on the information provided by the attributes. Due to the free-text indexing scheme, tools following this approach can accept free-style natural language queries.< >
ISSN:0098-5589
1939-3520
DOI:10.1109/32.83915