A Case for Deep Learning in Mining Software Repositories

Repository mining researchers have successfully applied machine learning in a variety of<br/>scenarios.  However, the use of deep learning in repository mining tasks is still in its infancy.<br/>In this thesis, we describe the advantages and disadvantages of using deep learning in mining software repository research and demonstrate these by...

fine-GRAPE: Fine-Grained APi usage Extractor An Approach and Dataset to Investigate API Usage

An Application Programming Interface (API) provides a specific set of functionalities to a developer, with the aim of enabling reuse. APIs have been investigated from different angles such as popularity usage and evolution, to get a better understanding of their various characteristics. For such studies software repositories are mined for API...