Code smells are design flaws in object-oriented designs that may lead to maintainability issues in the further evolution of the software system. This study focuses on the evolutio...
Steffen Olbrich, Daniela Cruzes, Victor R. Basili,...
Most studies of software evolution have been performed on systems developed within a single company using traditional management techniques. With the widespread availability of se...
A classic question in software development is “H ow much testing is enough?” Aside from dynamic coverage-based metrics, there are few measures that can be used to provide guid...
Nachiappan Nagappan, Laurie A. Williams, Jason Osb...
The compiler is generally regarded as the most important software component that supports a processor design to achieve success. This paper describes our application of the open re...
—Current research on code clones tries to address the question whether or not code clones are harmful for the quality of software. As most of these studies are based on the fine...
Nicolas Bettenburg, Weiyi Shang, Walid Ibrahim, Br...