Feature location is the activity of identifying an initial location in the source code that
implements functionality in a software system. Many feature location techniques have been …

The idea for this book arose from a series of lectures on modern programming paradigms,
feature-oriented programming, and software product lines that are continuously held at the …

Natural language processing is a known technology behind the development of some
widely known AI assistants such as: SIRI, Natasha, and Watson. However, NLP is a diverse …

Every programmer has a characteristic style, ranging from preferences about identifier
naming to preferences about object relationships and design patterns. Coding conventions …

Over the years of software development, a vast amount of source code has been
accumulated. Many code search tools were proposed to help programmers reuse previously …

Software system documentation is almost always expressed informally in natural language
and free text. Examples include requirement specifications, design documents, manual …

Software documentation largely consists of short, natural language summaries of the
subroutines in the software. These summaries help programmers quickly understand what a …

Program comprehension is an important activity in software maintenance, as software must
be sufficiently understood before it can be properly modified. The study of a program's …

Many of the existing approaches in Software Comprehension focus on program structure or
external documentation. However, by analyzing formal information the informal semantics …

Source Code Summarization is the task of writing short, natural language descriptions of
source code. The main use for these descriptions is in software documentation eg the one …