Crowdsourced Machine Learning Based Recommender for Software Design Patterns

Authors

  • Sunbul Sajid Khowaja Software Engineering Department, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro 76020, Pakistan
  • Dr Qasim Ali Software Engineering Department, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro 76020, Pakistan
  • Erum Hamid Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunication, Beijing, China
  • Rajesh Kumar Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Gul Bano Software Engineering Department, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro 76020, Pakistan
  • Jatendar Dharani Software Engineering Department, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro 76020, Pakistan
  • Isma Farah Software Engineering Department, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro 76020, Pakistan
  • Zainab Umair Software Engineering Department, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro 76020, Pakistan

Keywords:

Crowdsourcing, Design patterns, Machine Learning, Software Quality, Matchbox recommender, T-test.

Abstract

Software technology has become an essential part of human lives today. The role of software Engineers in making this technology as success is very fundamental. In software Engineering, the toughest stage is to design software as there is no particular rule or formula to covert requirements into design representation. A designer designs software using skills, critical thinking ability and previous experience only. To make this process easy, the design patterns came into existence which are the solutions that can be used repetitively to solve design problems. There have been several pieces of research presented regarding design Patterns but it is hard to find research regarding how the patterns are perceived and used in industries today and what nature of application uses which specific patterns. This paper uses a crowdsourced approach to acquire the finest practices that are being used in industries today including which quality attributes are affected most by the implementation of these patterns and which patterns are suitable for what type of applications. It also uses a machine learning supervised algorithm (Matchbox Recommender) to predict suitable design pattern for different nature of applications.

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2020-02-20

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Khowaja, S. S. ., Ali, D. Q. ., Hamid, E. ., Kumar, R. ., Bano, G. ., Dharani, J. ., Farah, I. ., & Umair, Z. . (2020). Crowdsourced Machine Learning Based Recommender for Software Design Patterns. International Journal of Computer (IJC), 36(1), 34–52. Retrieved from https://www.ijcjournal.org/index.php/InternationalJournalOfComputer/article/view/1541

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