PBLRepositoryMetrics: SCM-grounded conformance evaluation for PBL digital twins

PBLRepositoryMetrics is a teacher-support system for Project-Based Learning (PBL) environments. It captures repository events from GitLab and evaluates them against a Software Configuration Management (SCM) baseline defined by a metaproject (Sprint Descriptor), using Complex Event Processing (CEP) to compute daily conformance distances. A four-phase pipeline performs static verification, dynamic CEP pattern detection, and LLM-based semantic evaluation, producing per-deliverable diagnostic reports for evaluators. The baseline evolves through professor assessment, preserving the professor as the final interpreter.

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SoftwareX
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2026-06-12
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2026.102776
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Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
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PBLRepositoryMetrics: SCM-grounded conformance evaluation for PBL digital twins

Reginaldo Arakaki, Marcelo Luiz do Amaral Gonçalves, Afonso Cesar Lelis Brandão, Leandro Augusto da Silva
SoftwareX
Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
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PBLRepositoryMetrics: SCM-grounded conformance evaluation for PBL digital twins

Reginaldo Arakaki, Marcelo Luiz do Amaral Gonçalves, Afonso Cesar Lelis Brandão, Leandro Augusto da Silva
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Abstract

PBLRepositoryMetrics is a teacher-support system for Project-Based Learning (PBL) environments. It captures repository events from GitLab and evaluates them against a Software Configuration Management (SCM) baseline defined by a metaproject (Sprint Descriptor), using Complex Event Processing (CEP) to compute daily conformance distances. A four-phase pipeline performs static verification, dynamic CEP pattern detection, and LLM-based semantic evaluation, producing per-deliverable diagnostic reports for evaluators. The baseline evolves through professor assessment, preserving the professor as the final interpreter.

SoftwareXVol. 35
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (BR), Intel (Brazil) (BR), Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
Quality Education
Openalex Percentile: Top 2%
Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
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