Software refactoring prediction evaluation method based on deep learning models
Aiming at the lack of research on the performance of deep learning models in predicting software refactoring in the current field, a deep learning-based software refactoring prediction evaluation method was proposed to assess the refactoring predictive performance of these models. Firstly, refactori...
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| author | Yichi ZHANG Yang ZHANG Yanlei LI Kun ZHENG Wei LIU |
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| description | Aiming at the lack of research on the performance of deep learning models in predicting software refactoring in the current field, a deep learning-based software refactoring prediction evaluation method was proposed to assess the refactoring predictive performance of these models. Firstly, refactoring and non-refactoring labeled instances were collected from 303 Java projects using static analysis tools, and seven datasets comprising source code metrics were constructed for seven refactoring operations: extracting class, extracting subclass, extracting super class, extracting interface, moving class, renaming class, and moving and renaming class. Secondly, convolutional neural network (CNN), long short-term memory (LSTM) network, gated recurrent unit (GRU) model, multilayer perceptron(MLP), and autoencoder(AE) were trained and tested on the datasets. Finally, each model was evaluated based on accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-measure.The results show that the average accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-measure of the five deep learning models for predicting refactoring are all above 93%, with the highest accuracy in predicting the extract subclass refactoring, and the CNN model has a higher average accuracy compared to other models. The CNN model is efficient for software refactoring prediction evaluation, which provides reference for future utilization of deep learning models in assisting with completing refactoring recommendation tasks. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-29c0dad192e3459b8b982008d1f299a42025-01-05T06:35:22ZzhoHebei University of Science and TechnologyJournal of Hebei University of Science and Technology1008-15422024-12-0145663664210.7535/hbkd.2024yx06008b202406008Software refactoring prediction evaluation method based on deep learning modelsYichi ZHANG0Yang ZHANG1Yanlei LI2Kun ZHENG3Wei LIU4School of Information Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050018, ChinaSchool of Information Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050018, ChinaSchool of Information Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050018, ChinaSchool of Information Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050018, ChinaSchool of Information Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050018, ChinaAiming at the lack of research on the performance of deep learning models in predicting software refactoring in the current field, a deep learning-based software refactoring prediction evaluation method was proposed to assess the refactoring predictive performance of these models. Firstly, refactoring and non-refactoring labeled instances were collected from 303 Java projects using static analysis tools, and seven datasets comprising source code metrics were constructed for seven refactoring operations: extracting class, extracting subclass, extracting super class, extracting interface, moving class, renaming class, and moving and renaming class. Secondly, convolutional neural network (CNN), long short-term memory (LSTM) network, gated recurrent unit (GRU) model, multilayer perceptron(MLP), and autoencoder(AE) were trained and tested on the datasets. Finally, each model was evaluated based on accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-measure.The results show that the average accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-measure of the five deep learning models for predicting refactoring are all above 93%, with the highest accuracy in predicting the extract subclass refactoring, and the CNN model has a higher average accuracy compared to other models. The CNN model is efficient for software refactoring prediction evaluation, which provides reference for future utilization of deep learning models in assisting with completing refactoring recommendation tasks.https://xuebao.hebust.edu.cn/hbkjdx/article/pdf/b202406008?st=article_issuesoftware engineering; deep learning; software refactoring; refactoring prediction; source code metrics |
| spellingShingle | Yichi ZHANG Yang ZHANG Yanlei LI Kun ZHENG Wei LIU Software refactoring prediction evaluation method based on deep learning models Journal of Hebei University of Science and Technology software engineering; deep learning; software refactoring; refactoring prediction; source code metrics |
| title | Software refactoring prediction evaluation method based on deep learning models |
| title_full | Software refactoring prediction evaluation method based on deep learning models |
| title_fullStr | Software refactoring prediction evaluation method based on deep learning models |
| title_full_unstemmed | Software refactoring prediction evaluation method based on deep learning models |
| title_short | Software refactoring prediction evaluation method based on deep learning models |
| title_sort | software refactoring prediction evaluation method based on deep learning models |
| topic | software engineering; deep learning; software refactoring; refactoring prediction; source code metrics |
| url | https://xuebao.hebust.edu.cn/hbkjdx/article/pdf/b202406008?st=article_issue |
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