—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...
It is often claimed that inaccurate modularisation of crosscutting concerns hinders program comprehension and, as a consequence, leads to harmful software instabilities. However, ...
Eduardo Figueiredo, Bruno Carreiro da Silva, Cl&aa...
As an object-oriented system evolves, its architecture tends to drift away from the original design. Knowledge of how the system has changed at coarse-grained levels is key to und...
The frequent changes during the development and usage of large software systems often lead to a loss of architectural quality which hampers the implementation of further changes a...
Diversification of software assets through changing requirements impose a constant challenge on the developers and maintainers of large software systems. Recent research has addr...
Michael Fischer, Johann Oberleitner, Jacek Ratzing...