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ReLink: Prediction-based PR-issue linking tool

Project
20023 SmartDelta
Type
New product
Description

ReLink is a web-based tool enhancing traceability in software development by predicting and visualizing links between pull requests and issues. It uses text similarity and heuristics to score link strength from 0 to 100. Evaluated in an open-source project and an industry case study, ReLink achieved high accuracy and precision, confirming its practicality and effectiveness in real-world applications.

Contact
Eray Tüzün - Bilkent Üniversitesi
Email
eraytuzun@cs.bilkent.edu.tr
Research area(s)
Software Traceability, Machine Learning, Software Analytics
Technical features

• Offers a user-friendly, ready-to-use web application, differentiating it from current alternatives that are not directly accessible to software practitioners. • Provides balanced precision and recall scores, an achievement not typically seen in the literature and crucial for systems combining automated prediction with human supervision. • Introduces a visual analysis feature for tracking the PR- issue linkage lifecycle in software projects, enabling the user to extract more useful insights.

Integration constraints

Supports Github, Jira and Azure Devops. Works on Windows, Linux versions with docker images

Targeted customer(s)

Companies that have large software development teams

Conditions for reuse

Contact for licensing

Confidentiality
Public
Publication date
02-10-2023
Involved partners
Arcelik (TUR)