v1.0

We are very proud to release the first version of this Explainable AI for Software Engineering book.

This book consists of three parts:

• Part 1-Explainable AI: We first provide a concise yet essential introduction to the most important aspects of Explainable AI and a hands-on tutorial of Explainable AI tools and techniques.

• Part 2-Defect Prediction Models: We introduce the fundamental knowledge of defect prediction (an example application of AI for Software Engineering)

• Part 3-Explainable AI for Software Engineering: We demonstrate three successful case studies on how Explainable AI techniques can be used to address the aforementioned challenges by making the predictions of software defect prediction models more practical, explainable, and actionable.