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2014-01-01
With the advent of mobile computing, the responsibility of software developers to update and ship energy efficient applications has never been more pronounced. Green mining attempts to address this responsibility by examining the impact of software change on energy consumption. One problem with...
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Deficient documentation detection: a methodology to locate deficient project documentation using topic analysis
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Campbell, J., Chenlei, Z., Xu, Z., Hindle, Abram, Miller, J.
A project's documentation is the primary source of information for developers using that project. With hundreds of thousands of programming-related questions posted on programming Q&A websites, such as Stack Overflow, we question whether the developer-written documentation provides enough...
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2014
Chenlei, Z., Hindle, Abram, German, D.M
Hardware and software engineers are instrumental in developing energy-efficient mobile systems. Unfortunately, the last mile of energy efficiency relies on end users' choices and requirements. Imagine a user who has no power outlet access and must remain productive on the laptop's battery. How...
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The Power of System Call Traces: Predicting the Software Energy Consumption Impact of Changes
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Aggarwal, K., Chenlei, Z., Campbell, J., Hindle, Abram, Stroulia, E.
Battery is a critical resource for smartphones. Software developers as the builders and maintainers of applications, are responsible for updating and deploying energy efficient applications to end users. Unfortunately, the impact of software change on energy consumption is still unclear....
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2012
Han, D., Chenlei, Z., Fan, X., Hindle, Abram, Wong, K., Stroulia, E.
The fragmentation of the Android ecosystem causes portability and compatibility issues within the entire Android platform, which increases developer workload, delays application deployment, and ultimately disappoints users. This subject is discussed in the press and in scientific publications but...