Investigating the value of retention actions as a source of relevance information in the software development environment

Rahat Iqbal; Adam Grzywaczewski; Anne James; Faiyaz Doctor; John Halloran

doi:10.1109/CSCWD.2012.6221807

Investigating the value of retention actions as a source of relevance information in the software development environment

Rahat Iqbal, Adam Grzywaczewski, Anne James, Faiyaz Doctor, John Halloran

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Abstract

Even though there exists a number of search solutions targetted at software engineers the literature suggests that they are not widely used by the people engaged in code delivery [26]. Moreover, current code focused information retrieval systems such as Google Code Search (discontinued), Codeplex or Koders produce results based on specific keywords and therefore they do not take into account user context such as location, browsing history, previous interaction patterns and domain expertise. In this paper we discuss the development of task-specific information retrieval systems for software engineers. We discuss how software engineers interact with information and information retrieval systems and investigate to what extent a domain-specific search and recommendation system can be developed in order to support their work related activities. We have conducted a user study: a questionnaire and an automated observation of user interactions with the browser and software development environment. We discuss factors that can be used as implicit feedback indicators for further collaborative filtering and discuss how these parameters can be analysed using Computational Intelligence based techniques.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, CSCWD 2012
Editors	Liang Gao, Weiming Shen, Jean-Paul Barthès, Junzhou Luo, Jianming Yong, Wenfeng Li, Weidong Li
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	121-127
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9781467312127
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCWD.2012.6221807
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	2012 IEEE 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design - Wuhan, China Duration: 23 May 2012 → 25 May 2012

Conference

Conference	2012 IEEE 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design
Abbreviated title	CSCWD 2012
Country/Territory	China
City	Wuhan
Period	23/05/12 → 25/05/12

Keywords

copy and paste
information seeking behaviour
Personalised information retrieval
pseudo-relevance
retention actions
software development

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Software

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Iqbal, R., Grzywaczewski, A., James, A., Doctor, F., & Halloran, J. (2012). Investigating the value of retention actions as a source of relevance information in the software development environment. In L. Gao, W. Shen, J.-P. Barthès, J. Luo, J. Yong, W. Li, & W. Li (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, CSCWD 2012 (pp. 121-127). Article 6221807 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCWD.2012.6221807

Investigating the value of retention actions as a source of relevance information in the software development environment. / Iqbal, Rahat; Grzywaczewski, Adam; James, Anne et al.
Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, CSCWD 2012. ed. / Liang Gao; Weiming Shen; Jean-Paul Barthès; Junzhou Luo; Jianming Yong; Wenfeng Li; Weidong Li. IEEE, 2012. p. 121-127 6221807.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Iqbal, R, Grzywaczewski, A, James, A, Doctor, F & Halloran, J 2012, Investigating the value of retention actions as a source of relevance information in the software development environment. in L Gao, W Shen, J-P Barthès, J Luo, J Yong, W Li & W Li (eds), Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, CSCWD 2012., 6221807, IEEE, pp. 121-127, 2012 IEEE 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design , Wuhan, China, 23/05/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCWD.2012.6221807

Iqbal R, Grzywaczewski A, James A, Doctor F, Halloran J. Investigating the value of retention actions as a source of relevance information in the software development environment. In Gao L, Shen W, Barthès JP, Luo J, Yong J, Li W, Li W, editors, Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, CSCWD 2012. IEEE. 2012. p. 121-127. 6221807 doi: 10.1109/CSCWD.2012.6221807

Iqbal, Rahat ; Grzywaczewski, Adam ; James, Anne et al. / Investigating the value of retention actions as a source of relevance information in the software development environment. Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, CSCWD 2012. editor / Liang Gao ; Weiming Shen ; Jean-Paul Barthès ; Junzhou Luo ; Jianming Yong ; Wenfeng Li ; Weidong Li. IEEE, 2012. pp. 121-127

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