Several code smells detection tools have been developed providing different results,
because smells can be subjectively interpreted and hence detected in different ways …

Code smells or bad smells are an accepted approach to identify design flaws in the source
code. Although it has been explored by researchers, the interpretation of programmers is …

Context Code smells are patterns in source code associated with an increased defect rate
and a higher maintenance effort than usual, but without a clear definition. Code smells are …

Several code smell detection tools have been developed providing different results,
because smells can be subjectively interpreted, and hence detected, in different ways. In this …

Code smells can compromise software quality in the long term by inducing technical debt.
For this reason, many approaches aimed at identifying these design flaws have been …

Developers continuously maintain software systems to adapt to new requirements and to fix
bugs. Due to the complexity of maintenance tasks and the time-to-market, developers make …

Code smells are indicators of potential problems in software. They tend to have a negative
impact on software quality. Several studies use machine learning techniques to detect bad …

Background: Code smells indicate suboptimal design or implementation choices in the
source code that often lead it to be more change-and fault-prone. Researchers defined …

Context: Code smells are symptoms of wrong design decisions or coding shortcuts that may
increase defect rate and decrease maintainability. Research on code smells is accelerating …

Code smell detection is essential to improve software quality, enhancing software
maintainability, and decrease the risk of faults and failures in the software system. In this …