An information retrieval approach for automatically constructing software libraries

• Published in: IEEE 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
• Language: English
• 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

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...