Bad smells are sub-optimal code structures that may represent problems needing attention.
We conduct an extensive literature review on bad smells relying on a large body of …

Software smells indicate design or code issues that might degrade the evolution and
maintenance of software systems. Detecting and identifying these issues are challenging …

Code clone detection is an important problem for software maintenance and evolution. Many
approaches consider either structure or identifiers, but none of the existing detection …

Bug detection has been shown to be an effective way to help developers in detecting bugs
early, thus, saving much effort and time in software development process. Recently, deep …

The interplay of multiple objects in object-oriented programming often follows specific
protocols, for example certain orders of method calls and/or control structure constraints …

Reusing existing library components is essential for reducing the cost of software
development and maintenance. When library components evolve to accommodate new …

Recent research results suggest a need for code clone management. In this paper, we
introduce JSync, a novel clone management tool. JSync provides two main functions to …

The availability of shared software models provides opportunities for reusing, adapting and
learning from them. Public models are typically stored in a variety of locations, including …

Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) has become an important development framework for
many large-scale software. Previous research has reported that as in traditional code-based …

Prior research exploited the repetitiveness of code changes to enable several tasks such as
code completion, bug-fix recommendation, library adaption, etc. These and other novel …