Over the past 15 years, researchers presented numerous techniques and tools for mining
code smells. It is imperative to classify, compare, and evaluate existing techniques and tools …

Context Reusing a design pattern is not always in the favor of developers. Thus, the code
starts smelling. The presence of “Code Smells” leads to more difficulties for the developers …

Modern software development builds on external Web services reuse as a promising way
that allows developers delivering feature-rich software by composing existing Web service …

With millions of smartphones sold every year, the development of mobile apps has grown
substantially. The battery power limitation of mobile devices has push developers and …

Researchers have provided various techniques and tools in the past few years for
identification of code smells. Due to their changing outcomes and features, the classification …

Software refactoring is a process to restructure an existing software code while keeping its
external behavior the same. Currently, various refactoring techniques are being used to …

In double patterning lithography (DPL) layout decomposition for 45nm and below process
nodes, two features must be assigned opposite colors (corresponding to different …

The evolution rate of mobile applications is much higher than regular software applications
having shorter release deadlines and smaller code base. Mobile applications tend to be …

Refactoring is widely recognized as a crucial technique applied when evolving object‐
oriented software systems. If applied well, refactoring can improve different aspects of …

Context A software system's structure often degrades due to repetitive maintenance. To
make a sustainable evolution of such systems, it becomes mandatory to improve their …