{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3136197710","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/bigdata50022.2020.9378083","title":"Analyzing Web Search Behavior for Software Engineering Tasks","display_name":"Analyzing Web Search Behavior for Software Engineering Tasks","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-12-10","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3136197710","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/bigdata50022.2020.9378083","mag":"3136197710"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/bigdata50022.2020.9378083","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/bigdata50022.2020.9378083","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5042784770","display_name":"Nikitha Rao","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5404-1534"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210164937","display_name":"Microsoft Research (United Kingdom)","ror":"https://ror.org/05k87vq12","country_code":"GB","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1290206253","https://openalex.org/I4210164937"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Nikitha Rao","raw_affiliation_strings":["Microsoft Research"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Microsoft Research","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210164937"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101967802","display_name":"Chetan Bansal","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0102-8139"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210164937","display_name":"Microsoft Research (United Kingdom)","ror":"https://ror.org/05k87vq12","country_code":"GB","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1290206253","https://openalex.org/I4210164937"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chetan Bansal","raw_affiliation_strings":["Microsoft Research"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Microsoft Research","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210164937"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5061605447","display_name":"Thomas Zimmermann","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-1469"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210164937","display_name":"Microsoft Research (United Kingdom)","ror":"https://ror.org/05k87vq12","country_code":"GB","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1290206253","https://openalex.org/I4210164937"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Thomas Zimmermann","raw_affiliation_strings":["Microsoft Research"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Microsoft Research","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210164937"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5021000040","display_name":"Ahmed Hassan Awadallah","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6426-3537"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210164937","display_name":"Microsoft Research (United Kingdom)","ror":"https://ror.org/05k87vq12","country_code":"GB","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1290206253","https://openalex.org/I4210164937"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ahmed Hassan Awadallah","raw_affiliation_strings":["Microsoft Research"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Microsoft Research","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210164937"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101612061","display_name":"Nachiappan Nagappan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1358-4124"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210164937","display_name":"Microsoft Research (United Kingdom)","ror":"https://ror.org/05k87vq12","country_code":"GB","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1290206253","https://openalex.org/I4210164937"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Nachiappan Nagappan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Microsoft Research"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Microsoft Research","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210164937"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5042784770"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210164937"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.1352,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":18,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.90766565,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"768","last_page":"777"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12016","display_name":"Web Data Mining and Analysis","score":0.9993000030517578,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12016","display_name":"Web Data Mining and Analysis","score":0.9993000030517578,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9975000023841858,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10286","display_name":"Information Retrieval and Search Behavior","score":0.9968000054359436,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7575362920761108},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/search-based-software-engineering","display_name":"Search-based software engineering","score":0.5555452108383179},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.5375677347183228},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.3988746702671051},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.3922761380672455},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human\u2013computer-interaction","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","score":0.3468197286128998},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development","display_name":"Software development","score":0.33414226770401},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-construction","display_name":"Software construction","score":0.30995306372642517},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.19445312023162842}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7575362920761108},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139143892","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7441615","display_name":"Search-based software engineering","level":5,"score":0.5555452108383179},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.5375677347183228},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.3988746702671051},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.3922761380672455},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.3468197286128998},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.33414226770401},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186846655","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3398377","display_name":"Software construction","level":4,"score":0.30995306372642517},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.19445312023162842}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/bigdata50022.2020.9378083","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/bigdata50022.2020.9378083","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":46,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1680392829","https://openalex.org/W1947309134","https://openalex.org/W1965636883","https://openalex.org/W1975879668","https://openalex.org/W1989891090","https://openalex.org/W2006291142","https://openalex.org/W2021735564","https://openalex.org/W2034826792","https://openalex.org/W2051204868","https://openalex.org/W2053154970","https://openalex.org/W2060055745","https://openalex.org/W2080579313","https://openalex.org/W2081617506","https://openalex.org/W2106576032","https://openalex.org/W2114811766","https://openalex.org/W2123937625","https://openalex.org/W2124318441","https://openalex.org/W2126574721","https://openalex.org/W2128296282","https://openalex.org/W2134131174","https://openalex.org/W2139374478","https://openalex.org/W2156037541","https://openalex.org/W2161847731","https://openalex.org/W2166597489","https://openalex.org/W2168203811","https://openalex.org/W2170443290","https://openalex.org/W2604794021","https://openalex.org/W2612327332","https://openalex.org/W2739978563","https://openalex.org/W2740757975","https://openalex.org/W2740935584","https://openalex.org/W2755579216","https://openalex.org/W2781728735","https://openalex.org/W2795013376","https://openalex.org/W2963921594","https://openalex.org/W3022962781","https://openalex.org/W3024053644","https://openalex.org/W3034447669","https://openalex.org/W3093754244","https://openalex.org/W3099751307","https://openalex.org/W3104435033","https://openalex.org/W6637386731","https://openalex.org/W6647880159","https://openalex.org/W6749975024","https://openalex.org/W6777007849","https://openalex.org/W7056681383"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3173949332","https://openalex.org/W2807515619","https://openalex.org/W2106263419","https://openalex.org/W2076269938","https://openalex.org/W1495184523","https://openalex.org/W2012901726","https://openalex.org/W1940384041","https://openalex.org/W2271843438","https://openalex.org/W1508328462","https://openalex.org/W2972106517"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Web":[0],"search":[1,33,40,48,65,81,113,130,137,154,169],"plays":[2],"an":[3,68,76],"integral":[4],"role":[5],"in":[6,110,116,172,197],"software":[7,86,117,173],"engineering":[8,87],"(SE)":[9],"to":[10,55,61,83,105,126],"help":[11,182],"with":[12,67],"various":[13,108],"tasks":[14,37],"such":[15],"as":[16],"finding":[17,198],"documentation,":[18],"debugging,":[19],"installation,":[20],"etc.":[21],"In":[22],"this":[23],"work,":[24],"we":[25,51,99,120,157],"present":[26],"the":[27,39,63,107,128,151,190],"first":[28],"large-scale":[29],"analysis":[30,77,140],"of":[31,71,103,123,150,192],"web":[32,47,112,153,168],"behavior":[34],"for":[35,166,200],"SE":[36,64,124,136,143,201],"using":[38],"query":[41],"logs":[42],"from":[43,93],"Bing,":[44],"a":[45,57,101,147],"commercial":[46],"engine.":[49],"First,":[50],"use":[52],"distant":[53],"supervision":[54],"build":[56],"machine":[58],"learning":[59],"classifier":[60],"extract":[62],"queries":[66,89,95,125,145],"F1":[69],"score":[70],"93%.":[72],"We":[73],"then":[74],"perform":[75],"on":[78],"one":[79],"million":[80],"sessions":[82,91],"understand":[84,127],"how":[85],"related":[88,144,202],"and":[90,96,132,177],"differ":[92],"other":[94],"sessions.":[97],"Subsequently,":[98],"propose":[100],"taxonomy":[102],"intents":[104],"identify":[106],"contexts":[109],"which":[111,167],"is":[114,170],"used":[115,171],"engineering.":[118,174],"Lastly,":[119],"analyze":[121],"millions":[122],"distribution,":[129],"metrics":[131],"trends":[133],"across":[134],"these":[135],"intents.":[138],"Our":[139],"shows":[141],"that":[142,159,195],"form":[146],"significant":[148],"portion":[149],"overall":[152],"traffic.":[155],"Additionally,":[156],"found":[158],"there":[160],"are":[161],"six":[162],"major":[163],"intent":[164],"categories":[165],"The":[175],"techniques":[176],"insights":[178],"can":[179,187],"not":[180],"only":[181],"improve":[183],"existing":[184],"tools":[185,194],"but":[186],"also":[188],"inspire":[189],"development":[191],"new":[193],"aid":[196],"information":[199],"tasks.":[203]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}