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 …

Code smells are poor code structures that might harm the software quality and evolution.
However, previous studies has shown that only individual occurrences of smells may not be …

Context Code smells are suboptimal design or implementation choices made by
programmers during the development of a software system that possibly lead to low code …

Code smells are anomalies often generated in design, implementation or maintenance
phase of software development life cycle. Researchers established several catalogues …

Code smells are indicators of issues with source code quality that may hinder evolution.
While previous studies mainly focused on the effects of individual code smells on …

Previous studies demonstrated how code smells (ie, symptoms of the presence of system
degradation) impact the software maintainability. However, few studies have investigated …

Context—Design patterns represent recommended generic solutions to various design
problems, whereas code smells are symptoms of design issues that could hinder further …

Code smell is an indication of a software designing problem. The presence of code smells
can have a severe impact on the software quality. Smells basically refers to the structure of …

Code smells were defined as symptoms of poor design choices applied by programmers
during the development of a software project [2]. They might hinder the comprehensibility …

Code smells typically indicate poor design implementation and choices that may degrade
software quality. Hence, they need to be carefully detected to avoid such poor design. In this …