Background: The use of chatbots has increased considerably in recent years. These are
used in different areas and by a wide variety of users. Due to this fact, it is essential to …

Leveraging the pull request model of social coding platforms, Open Source Software (OSS)
integrators review developers' contributions, checking aspects like license, code quality, and …

Bots are frequently used in Github repositories to automate repetitive activities that are part
of the distributed software development process. They communicate with human actors …

Chatbots are programs that supply services to users via conversation in natural language,
acting as virtual assistants within social networks or web applications. Here, we review the …

Background: Some developer activity traditionally performed manually, such as making
code commits, opening, managing, or closing issues is increasingly subject to automation in …

Abstract Model-Based Software Engineering provides various modelling formalisms for
capturing the structural, behavioral, configuration, and intentional aspects of software …

Modeling is used in the early phases of software and system development to discuss and
explore problems, understand domains, and evaluate alternatives and comprehend their …

Bots have emerged from research prototypes to deployable systems due to the recent
developments in machine learning, natural language processing and understanding …

Domain modelling transforms domain problem descriptions written in natural language (NL)
into analyzable and concise domain models (class diagrams) during requirements analysis …

The limited adoption of Model-Driven Software Engineering (MDSE) is due to a variety of
social and technical factors, which can be summarized in one: its (real or perceived) benefits …