Introduction to MSR 2006

Software repositories such as source control systems,defect tracking systems,or archived communications between project personnel are used to help manage the progress of software projects.Software practitioners and researchers are beginning to recognize the potential bene .t of mining this information to support the maintenance of software systems,improve software design/reuse,and empirically validate novel ideas and techniques.Research is now proceeding to uncover the ways in which mining these repositories can help to understand software development,to support predictions about software development,and to plan various aspects of software projects.Following the success of the first two iterations of the MSR workshop in 2004 and 2005,MSR 2006 attracted even more submissions:We received 45 papers from 15 different countries.The international program committee accepted 16 full and 12 short papers for presentation at the workshop and inclusion in the proceedings.We are grateful for the excellent and professional review job done by the reviewers on such a tight schedule.

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