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Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Andrew C. M. Hicks, Highland, NY (US);

Michael E. Gildein, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

Daniel John FitzGerald, Danbury, CT (US);

Christopher G. Brooker, New Paltz, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 8/41 (2018.01); G06F 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/433 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 17/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for vector-based identification of software dependency relationships are described herein. An aspect includes determining a first dependency relationship value between a first code segment and a second code segment. Another aspect includes calculating a magnitude vector based on the first dependency relationship value and a second dependency relationship value corresponding to the first code segment and the second code segment. Another aspect includes determining a relationship score for the first code segment and the second code segment based on the magnitude vector and the first dependency relationship value.


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