Towards an Interpretable Analysis for Estimating the Resolution Time of Software Issues
Lately, software development has become a predominantly online process, as more teams host and monitor their projects remotely. Sophisticated approaches employ issue tracking systems like Jira, predicting the time required to resolve issues and effectively assigning and prioritizing project tasks. Several methods have been developed to address this challenge, widely known as bug-fix time prediction, yet they exhibit significant limitations. Most consider only textual issue data and/or use techniques that overlook the semantics and metadata of issues (e.g., priority or assignee expertise). Many also fail to distinguish actual development effort from administrative delays, including assignment and review phases, leading to estimates that do not reflect the true effort needed. In this work, we build an issue monitoring system that extracts the actual effort required to fix issues on a per-project basis. Our approach employs topic modeling to capture issue semantics and leverages metadata (components, labels, priority, issue type, assignees) for interpretable resolution time analysis. Final predictions are generated by an aggregated model, enabling contributors to make informed decisions. Evaluation across multiple projects shows the system can effectively estimate resolution time and provide valuable insights.
Thu 19 JunDisplayed time zone: Athens change
13:30 - 15:05 | BugsResearch Papers / Short Papers, Emerging Results / Industry Papers / AI Models / Data at Workshop Room Chair(s): Beyza Eken Sakarya University | ||
13:30 15mTalk | ImageR: Enhancing Bug Report Clarity by Screenshots AI Models / Data Xuchen Tan York University, Deenu Yadav York University, Faiz Ahmed York University, Maleknaz Nayebi York University | ||
13:45 10mTalk | Privacy-Preserving Methods for Bug Severity Prediction Industry Papers Havvanur Dervişoğlu Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye (TUBITAK), Rusen Halepmollasi Istanbul Technical University, Elif Eyvaz Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye (TUBITAK) | ||
13:55 15mTalk | The Art of Repair: Optimizing Iterative Program Repair with Instruction-Tuned Models Research Papers Fernando Vallecillos Ruiz Simula Research Laboratory, Max Hort Simula Research Laboratory, Leon Moonen Simula Research Laboratory Pre-print Media Attached | ||
14:10 15mTalk | Understanding the Impact of Domain Term Explanation on Duplicate Bug Report Detection Research Papers Pre-print | ||
14:25 15mTalk | Accelerating Delta Debugging through Probabilistic Monotonicity Assessment Research Papers | ||
14:40 15mTalk | Characterising Bugs in Jupyter Platform Research Papers Yutian Tang University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, Hongchen Cao ShanghaiTech University, Yuxi Chen University of Glasgow, David Lo Singapore Management University | ||
14:55 10mShort-paper | Towards an Interpretable Analysis for Estimating the Resolution Time of Software Issues Short Papers, Emerging Results Dimitrios-Nikitas Nastos Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Themistoklis Diamantopoulos Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Davide Tosi Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Martina Tropeano Università degli studi dell’Insubria, Varese - Italy, Andreas Symeonidis Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Pre-print | ||