Assertions, or more generally “Programming by contract”, have gained widespread acceptance in the computer science community as a means for correct program development. Howeve...
Abstract. Structure-oriented approaches in clone detection have become popular in both code-based and model-based clone detection. However, existing methods for capturing structura...
Hoan Anh Nguyen, Tung Thanh Nguyen, Nam H. Pham, J...
Recent evidences indicate that most faults in software systems are found in only a few of a system's components [1]. The early identification of these components allows an or...
T. Wang, Ahmed E. Hassan, Ajith Guedem, Walid Abde...
—“God class” is a term used to describe a certain type of large classes which “know too much or do too much”. Often a God class (GC) is created by accident as functionali...
Source code version repositories provide a treasure of information encompassing the changes introduced in the system throughout its evolution. These repositories are typically man...
Huzefa H. Kagdi, Michael L. Collard, Jonathan I. M...