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ABSTRACT<br />

Bug localization and feature location in source code are software evolution tasks in which<br />

developers use information about a bug or feature present in a software system to locate the<br />

source code elements, such as classes or methods. These classes or methods must be modified<br />

either to correct the bug or implement a feature. Automating bug localization and feature<br />

location are necessary due to the size and complexity of modern software systems. Recently,<br />

researchers have developed static bug localization and feature location techniques using<br />

information retrieval techniques, such as latent semantic indexing (LSI), to model lexical<br />

information, such as identifiers and comments, from source code. This research presents a new<br />

technique, LSICG, which combines LSI modeling lexical information and call graphs to<br />

modeling structural information. The output is a list of methods ranked in descending order by<br />

likelihood of requiring modification to correct the bug or implement the feature under<br />

consideration. Three case studies including comparison of LSI and LSICG at method level and<br />

class level of granularity on 25 features in JavaHMO, 35 bugs in Rhino, 3 features and 6 bugs in<br />

jEdit demonstrate that The LSICG technique provides improved performance compared to LSI<br />

alone.<br />

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