Software defect prediction is one of the most popular research topics in software
engineering. It aims to predict defect‐prone software modules before defects are discovered …

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 …

Deep learning has gained substantial popularity in recent years. Developers mainly rely on
libraries and tools to add deep learning capabilities to their software. What kinds of bugs are …

Defect prediction at early stages of software development life cycle is a crucial activity of
quality assurance process and has been broadly studied in the last two decades. The early …

Code review is the process of having other team members examine changes to a software
system in order to evaluate its technical content and quality. A lightweight variant of this …

Code smells are symptoms of poor design and implementation choices. Previous studies
empirically assessed the impact of smells on code quality and clearly indicate their negative …

Architectural smells can negatively impact on different software qualities and can represent
a relevant source of architectural debt. Several architectural smells have been defined by …

Due to the rapid growth in the number of mobile applications (apps) in the past few years,
succeeding in mobile app markets has become ruthless. Online app markets, such as …

Context. In recent years, smells, also referred to as bad smells, have gained popularity
among developers. However, it is still not clear how harmful they are perceived from the …

Context: Code smell is a term commonly used to describe potential problems in the design
of software. The concept is well accepted by the software engineering community. However …