With a first prototype of the system, implemented in BIMprolog for a SUN platform, some experiments are being carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of both the classification and retrieval mechanisms. More elaborated retrieval mechanisms, like boolean retrieval, will also be implemented in order to be used in comparative experimental work with our retrieval approach.
Further research is ongoing to increase the capabilities of the current system.
This is a section of a local copy of the paper A Similarity Measure for Retrieving Software Artifacts by M. R. Girardi and B. Ibrahim .