Over time, software systems tend to increase in complexity and become harder to maintain.
While the drawbacks of code complexity are well-known, complex code is present in most …

We propose a parallel between object-oriented system designs and living creatures. We
suggest that, like any living creature, system designs are subject to diseases, which are …

Anti-patterns are poor solutions to recurring design problems. They occur in object-oriented
systems when developers unwillingly introduce them while designing and implementing the …

How can we make software analytics simpler and faster? One method is to match the
complexity of analysis to the intrinsic complexity of the data being explored. For example …

Code smells regularly cause potential software quality problems in software development.
Thus, code smell detection has attracted the attention of many researchers. A number of …

Existing techniques for detecting code smells (indicators of source code problems) do not
consider the current context, which renders them unsuitable for developers who have a …

We propose an automated approach to detect various types of design defects in source
code. Our approach allows to automatically find detection rules, thus relieving the designer …

Code smells are poor implementation choices that developers apply while evolving source
code and that affect program maintainability. Multiple automated code smell detectors have …

Code smells indicate possible flaws in software design, that could negatively affect system's
maintainability. Interactions among smells located in the same classes (ie, collocated …

Software maintenance is an imperative step in software development. Code smells can arise
as a result of poor design as well as frequent code changes due to changing needs. Early …