Combining Word2Vec with Revised Vector Space Model for Better Code Retrieval

Abstract

API example code search is an important applicationin software engineering. Traditional approaches to API codesearch are based on information retrieval. Recent advance inWord2Vec has been applied to support the retrieval of APIexamples. In this work, we perform a preliminary study thatcombining traditional IR with Word2Vec achieves better retrievalaccuracy. More experiments need to be done to study differenttypes of combination among two lines of approaches.