The assessment of software quality is one of the most multifaceted (e.g., structural quality, quality-in-use, product quality, process quality, etc.) and subjective aspects of software engineering (since in many cases is substantially based on expert judgement). Such assessments can be performed at all almost of phases of software development (from project inception to maintenance) and at different levels of granularity (from source code to architecture). However, human judgement is: (a) inherently biased by implicit, subjective criteria applied in the evaluation process, and (b) its economical effectiveness is limited compared to automated or semi-automated approaches. To this end, researchers are still looking for new, more effective methods of assessing various qualitative characteristics of software systems and the related processes. In recent years we have been observing a rising interest in adopting various approaches to exploiting machine learning (ML) and automated decision-making processes in several areas of software engineering. These models and algorithms help to reduce effort and risk related to human judgment in favor of automated systems, which are able to make informed decisions based on available data and evaluated with objective criteria. The aim of the workshop is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss new ideas, trends and results concerning the application of ML to software quality assessment. We expect that the workshop will help in: (a) validation of existing and exploring new applications of ML, (b) comparing their efficiency and effectiveness, both among other automated approaches and the human judgement, and (c) adapting ML approaches already used in other areas of science to software engineering problems.
The aim of the workshop is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss new ideas, trends and results concerning the application of ML methods to software quality evaluation. We expect that the workshop will help in: (i) the validation of existing ML methods for software quality evaluation as well as their application to novel contexts, (ii) the comparison of efficiency and effectiveness of ML methods, both among other automated approaches and the human judgement, and (iii) the adaptation of ML approaches already used in other areas of science in the context of software quality.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Application of machine-learning in software quality evaluation,
- Analysis of multi-source data,
- Knowledge acquisition from software repositories,
- Adoption and validation of machine learning models and algorithms in software quality,
- Decision support and analysis in software quality,
- Prediction models to support software quality evaluation
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2018
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2017年02月21日 奥地利 Klagenfurt,Austria
2017软件质量评估的机器学习技术研讨会
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