{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2138378644","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1276933.1276934","title":"Recovering traceability links in software artifact management systems using information retrieval methods","display_name":"Recovering traceability links in software artifact management systems using information retrieval methods","publication_year":2007,"publication_date":"2007-09-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2138378644","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1276933.1276934","mag":"2138378644"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/1276933.1276934","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1276933.1276934","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S142627899","display_name":"ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology","issn_l":"1049-331X","issn":["1049-331X","1557-7392"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology","raw_type":"journal-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/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 (SA), Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I131729948"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5079134419","display_name":"Fausto Fasano","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3736-6383"},"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":"Fausto Fasano","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I131729948"]}]},{"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/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":"Rocco Oliveto","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I131729948"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5074856207","display_name":"Genoveffa Tortora","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4765-8371"},"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":"Genoveffa Tortora","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I131729948"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I131729948"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":64.2252,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":357,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99892659,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"16","issue":"4","first_page":"13","last_page":"13"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":1.0,"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/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":1.0,"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/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.9988999962806702,"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/T12423","display_name":"Software Reliability and Analysis Research","score":0.9976999759674072,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"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/traceability","display_name":"Traceability","score":0.9093859195709229},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.838229775428772},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artifact","display_name":"Artifact (error)","score":0.7892298698425293},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.49619680643081665},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/search-engine-indexing","display_name":"Search engine indexing","score":0.48532834649086},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development","display_name":"Software development","score":0.47490087151527405},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.474870890378952},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/identification","display_name":"Identification (biology)","score":0.4291345179080963},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-retrieval","display_name":"Information retrieval","score":0.42774590849876404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-maintenance","display_name":"Software maintenance","score":0.42043042182922363},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/requirements-traceability","display_name":"Requirements traceability","score":0.41802555322647095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.41269564628601074},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.1984681785106659}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153876917","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q899704","display_name":"Traceability","level":2,"score":0.9093859195709229},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.838229775428772},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779010991","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2720909","display_name":"Artifact (error)","level":2,"score":0.7892298698425293},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.49619680643081665},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C75165309","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2258979","display_name":"Search engine indexing","level":2,"score":0.48532834649086},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.47490087151527405},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.474870890378952},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C116834253","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2039217","display_name":"Identification (biology)","level":2,"score":0.4291345179080963},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23123220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816826","display_name":"Information retrieval","level":1,"score":0.42774590849876404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C101317890","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q940053","display_name":"Software maintenance","level":4,"score":0.42043042182922363},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C35084680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q848201","display_name":"Requirements traceability","level":5,"score":0.41802555322647095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.41269564628601074},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.1984681785106659},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C59822182","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441","display_name":"Botany","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},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C135475081","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q774228","display_name":"Requirement","level":4,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/1276933.1276934","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1276933.1276934","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S142627899","display_name":"ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology","issn_l":"1049-331X","issn":["1049-331X","1557-7392"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.181.993","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.181.993","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://hiper.cis.udel.edu/lp/lib/exe/fetch.php/courses/tosem07-lucia-traceability-ir.pdf","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":0.46000000834465027}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":83,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W8913454","https://openalex.org/W23869451","https://openalex.org/W35349435","https://openalex.org/W63212158","https://openalex.org/W140967298","https://openalex.org/W163839833","https://openalex.org/W197883420","https://openalex.org/W1484851396","https://openalex.org/W1487731568","https://openalex.org/W1512427202","https://openalex.org/W1533432827","https://openalex.org/W1555930296","https://openalex.org/W1606762842","https://openalex.org/W1660390307","https://openalex.org/W1677598599","https://openalex.org/W1803494171","https://openalex.org/W1978394996","https://openalex.org/W1980357388","https://openalex.org/W1984489185","https://openalex.org/W1997841190","https://openalex.org/W2021481978","https://openalex.org/W2026032320","https://openalex.org/W2027099360","https://openalex.org/W2034986482","https://openalex.org/W2054291203","https://openalex.org/W2058616517","https://openalex.org/W2073134224","https://openalex.org/W2077654751","https://openalex.org/W2081689954","https://openalex.org/W2097403040","https://openalex.org/W2099175080","https://openalex.org/W2099738604","https://openalex.org/W2101620885","https://openalex.org/W2109244020","https://openalex.org/W2110220994","https://openalex.org/W2111643214","https://openalex.org/W2112257356","https://openalex.org/W2113672047","https://openalex.org/W2118202700","https://openalex.org/W2119109877","https://openalex.org/W2119864191","https://openalex.org/W2120978952","https://openalex.org/W2121230168","https://openalex.org/W2122225496","https://openalex.org/W2122319854","https://openalex.org/W2126129257","https://openalex.org/W2128581098","https://openalex.org/W2129559874","https://openalex.org/W2133961160","https://openalex.org/W2134866950","https://openalex.org/W2141558501","https://openalex.org/W2142809450","https://openalex.org/W2143478382","https://openalex.org/W2143533993","https://openalex.org/W2145209235","https://openalex.org/W2147152072","https://openalex.org/W2148069233","https://openalex.org/W2149899391","https://openalex.org/W2150531367","https://openalex.org/W2151747011","https://openalex.org/W2153258502","https://openalex.org/W2157791244","https://openalex.org/W2157949509","https://openalex.org/W2159420337","https://openalex.org/W2161527051","https://openalex.org/W2163960678","https://openalex.org/W2296732554","https://openalex.org/W2402479059","https://openalex.org/W2602753196","https://openalex.org/W2794988755","https://openalex.org/W2804062561","https://openalex.org/W2911779492","https://openalex.org/W2913273467","https://openalex.org/W4239258498","https://openalex.org/W4244456856","https://openalex.org/W4248306958","https://openalex.org/W4253628398","https://openalex.org/W4294658790","https://openalex.org/W6603594972","https://openalex.org/W6628804912","https://openalex.org/W6637101025","https://openalex.org/W6678312654","https://openalex.org/W6758093478"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4312646443","https://openalex.org/W2129559874","https://openalex.org/W1203831901","https://openalex.org/W1604969957","https://openalex.org/W4312234739","https://openalex.org/W2537685693","https://openalex.org/W2354227496","https://openalex.org/W3197095895","https://openalex.org/W4287028834","https://openalex.org/W3187151826"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,68,122],"main":[1],"drawback":[2],"of":[3,12,52,79,103,119,124,143],"existing":[4],"software":[5,81,107],"artifact":[6,25],"management":[7,26],"systems":[8],"is":[9],"the":[10,62,71,77,101,140],"lack":[11],"automatic":[13],"or":[14],"semi-automatic":[15,117],"traceability":[16,30,58,104],"link":[17],"generation":[18],"and":[19,50,60,70],"maintenance.":[20],"We":[21,43,87],"have":[22,44,73,127],"improved":[23],"an":[24,39,65],"system":[27],"with":[28],"a":[29,97,115],"recovery":[31,59,118],"tool":[32,72],"based":[33,92],"on":[34,93],"Latent":[35],"Semantic":[36],"Indexing":[37],"(LSI),":[38],"information":[40,54,94],"retrieval":[41,55,95],"technique.":[42],"assessed":[45],"LSI":[46],"to":[47,113,135],"identify":[48,136],"strengths":[49],"limitations":[51],"using":[53],"techniques":[56],"for":[57,64,100],"devised":[61],"need":[63],"incremental":[66],"approach.":[67],"method":[69],"been":[74],"evaluated":[75],"during":[76,106],"development":[78],"seventeen":[80],"projects":[82],"involving":[83],"about":[84],"150":[85],"students.":[86],"observed":[88],"that":[89,130],"although":[90],"tools":[91,132],"provide":[96],"useful":[98],"support":[99,114],"identification":[102],"links":[105],"development,":[108],"they":[109],"are":[110],"still":[111],"far":[112],"complete":[116],"all":[120],"links.":[121],"results":[123],"our":[125],"experience":[126],"also":[128],"shown":[129],"such":[131],"can":[133],"help":[134],"quality":[137],"problems":[138],"in":[139],"textual":[141],"description":[142],"traced":[144],"artifacts.":[145]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":14},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":14},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":15},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":23},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":27},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":17},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":44},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":41}],"updated_date":"2026-05-21T06:26:12.895304","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}