Mining Software Repositories

3 credits

Methods and tools for mining software repositories and artifacts. Extraction, abstraction, and analysis of data from sources including code repositories, version control systems, and issue trackers. Inferring developer intent, understanding software development processes, and empirically testing hypotheses about software engineering practices. Credit will be granted for only one of COSC_O 412 and COSC_O 512. [3-0-0] Prerequisite: COSC_O 310 and DATA_O 311.