{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4246531378","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icse.2013.6606630","title":"Automatic query reformulations for text retrieval in software engineering","display_name":"Automatic query reformulations for text retrieval in software engineering","publication_year":2013,"publication_date":"2013-05-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4246531378","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icse.2013.6606630"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/icse.2013.6606630","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icse.2013.6606630","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4363607951","display_name":"2013 35th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2013 35th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","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/A5051965103","display_name":"Sonia Haiduc","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8793-8293"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I185443292","display_name":"Wayne State University","ror":"https://ror.org/01070mq45","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I185443292"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sonia Haiduc","raw_affiliation_strings":["Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I185443292"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5056526226","display_name":"Gabriele Bavota","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2216-3148"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I131729948","display_name":"University of Salerno","ror":"https://ror.org/0192m2k53","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I131729948"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Gabriele Bavota","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Salerno, Fisciano, Salerno, Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Salerno, Fisciano, Salerno, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I131729948"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5070230554","display_name":"Andrian Marcus","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5450-5598"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I185443292","display_name":"Wayne State University","ror":"https://ror.org/01070mq45","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I185443292"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Andrian Marcus","raw_affiliation_strings":["Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I185443292"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5009727039","display_name":"Rocco Oliveto","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7995-8582"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I129627893","display_name":"University of Molise","ror":"https://ror.org/04z08z627","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I129627893"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rocco Oliveto","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Molise, Pesche, Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Molise, Pesche, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I129627893"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5079088548","display_name":"Andrea De Lucia","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4238-1425"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I131729948","display_name":"University of Salerno","ror":"https://ror.org/0192m2k53","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I131729948"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Andrea De Lucia","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Salerno, Fisciano, Salerno, Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Salerno, Fisciano, Salerno, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I131729948"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5108082112","display_name":"Tim Menzies","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I12097938","display_name":"West Virginia University","ror":"https://ror.org/011vxgd24","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12097938"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tim Menzies","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of West Virginia, Morgantown, VA, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of West Virginia, Morgantown, VA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I12097938"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":142,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"842","last_page":"851"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12016","display_name":"Web Data Mining and Analysis","score":0.9997000098228455,"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":0.9997000098228455,"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":0.9993000030517578,"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/T10028","display_name":"Topic Modeling","score":0.9987999796867371,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"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":0.8902177810668945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/query-expansion","display_name":"Query expansion","score":0.7025108933448792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-retrieval","display_name":"Information retrieval","score":0.669654369354248},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/query-optimization","display_name":"Query optimization","score":0.5891056656837463},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/web-query-classification","display_name":"Web query classification","score":0.5680084228515625},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/code-refactoring","display_name":"Code refactoring","score":0.5285502672195435},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/query-language","display_name":"Query language","score":0.5148515105247498},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sargable","display_name":"Sargable","score":0.5081055164337158},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/spatial-query","display_name":"Spatial query","score":0.45770928263664246},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/context","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","score":0.4487190246582031},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/web-search-query","display_name":"Web search query","score":0.44402652978897095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reuse","display_name":"Reuse","score":0.42331230640411377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/query-by-example","display_name":"Query by Example","score":0.4124497175216675},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.34052371978759766},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.16774803400039673},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/search-engine","display_name":"Search engine","score":0.1607552170753479}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8902177810668945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C99016210","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5488129","display_name":"Query expansion","level":2,"score":0.7025108933448792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23123220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816826","display_name":"Information retrieval","level":1,"score":0.669654369354248},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C157692150","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2919848","display_name":"Query optimization","level":2,"score":0.5891056656837463},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118689300","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7978614","display_name":"Web query classification","level":4,"score":0.5680084228515625},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C152752567","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116877","display_name":"Code refactoring","level":3,"score":0.5285502672195435},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192028432","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q845739","display_name":"Query language","level":2,"score":0.5148515105247498},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192939062","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104840822","display_name":"Sargable","level":4,"score":0.5081055164337158},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C172722865","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2302053","display_name":"Spatial query","level":5,"score":0.45770928263664246},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.4487190246582031},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C164120249","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q995982","display_name":"Web search query","level":3,"score":0.44402652978897095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206588197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846574","display_name":"Reuse","level":2,"score":0.42331230640411377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C194222762","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114486","display_name":"Query by Example","level":4,"score":0.4124497175216675},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.34052371978759766},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.16774803400039673},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97854310","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19541","display_name":"Search engine","level":2,"score":0.1607552170753479},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/icse.2013.6606630","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icse.2013.6606630","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4363607951","display_name":"2013 35th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2013 35th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","display_name":"National Science Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/021nxhr62"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":25,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W262937344","https://openalex.org/W1539495021","https://openalex.org/W1557757161","https://openalex.org/W1970264769","https://openalex.org/W1984565341","https://openalex.org/W1993692165","https://openalex.org/W2012313588","https://openalex.org/W2047573930","https://openalex.org/W2099706779","https://openalex.org/W2100176907","https://openalex.org/W2110220994","https://openalex.org/W2111909698","https://openalex.org/W2118202700","https://openalex.org/W2135866290","https://openalex.org/W2138051266","https://openalex.org/W2138410417","https://openalex.org/W2157949509","https://openalex.org/W2167527590","https://openalex.org/W2330820318","https://openalex.org/W3151388396","https://openalex.org/W4205416014","https://openalex.org/W4235686196","https://openalex.org/W4301523337","https://openalex.org/W6609729180","https://openalex.org/W6663226151"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1003283331","https://openalex.org/W2153509448","https://openalex.org/W2179956029","https://openalex.org/W2362460270","https://openalex.org/W1461606193","https://openalex.org/W2406556739","https://openalex.org/W2353434938","https://openalex.org/W2128834514","https://openalex.org/W4379390531","https://openalex.org/W2903968032"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"There":[0],"are":[1,129],"more":[2],"than":[3],"twenty":[4],"distinct":[5],"software":[6],"engineering":[7],"tasks":[8],"addressed":[9],"with":[10,28,89],"text":[11],"retrieval":[12,38],"(TR)":[13],"techniques,":[14],"such":[15],"as,":[16],"traceability":[17],"link":[18],"recovery,":[19],"feature":[20],"location,":[21],"refactoring,":[22],"reuse,":[23],"etc.":[24],"A":[25],"common":[26],"issue":[27],"all":[29],"TR":[30],"applications":[31],"is":[32,59,87,156],"that":[33,108,128],"the":[34,37,42,45,73,115,118,140,159,170,185],"results":[35],"of":[36,44,92,117,161,184],"depend":[39],"largely":[40],"on":[41,83,114],"quality":[43],"query.":[46,119],"When":[47],"a":[48,60,69,78,90,99,105],"query":[49,71,177],"performs":[50],"poorly,":[51],"it":[52,102,155],"has":[53],"to":[54,143,176],"be":[55],"reformulated":[56],"and":[57,94,152,154,172],"this":[58],"difficult":[61],"task":[62],"for":[63,98,139],"someone":[64],"who":[65],"had":[66],"trouble":[67],"writing":[68],"good":[70],"in":[72,131,150,158,165,182],"first":[74],"place.":[75],"We":[76,120],"propose":[77],"recommender":[79],"(called":[80],"Refoqus)":[81],"based":[82,113],"machine":[84],"learning,":[85],"which":[86],"trained":[88],"sample":[91],"queries":[93],"relevant":[95],"results.":[96],"Then,":[97],"given":[100],"query,":[101],"automatically":[103],"recommends":[104],"reformulation":[106],"strategy":[107],"should":[109],"improve":[110],"its":[111,173],"performance,":[112],"properties":[116],"evaluated":[121],"Refoqus":[122,168],"empirically":[123],"against":[124],"four":[125],"baseline":[126],"approaches":[127],"used":[130,138,157],"natural":[132],"language":[133],"document":[134],"retrieval.":[135],"The":[136],"data":[137],"evaluation":[141],"corresponds":[142],"changes":[144],"from":[145],"five":[146],"open":[147],"source":[148,166],"systems":[149],"Java":[151],"C++":[153],"context":[160],"TR-based":[162],"concept":[163],"location":[164],"code.":[167],"outperformed":[169],"baselines":[171],"recommendations":[174],"lead":[175],"performance":[178],"improvement":[179],"or":[180],"preservation":[181],"84%":[183],"cases":[186],"(in":[187],"average).":[188]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":17},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":18},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":15},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":14},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":18},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":18},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-07-14T23:27:15.235271","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}