Bad smells are symptoms that something may be wrong in the system design or code. There
are many bad smells defined in the literature and detecting them is far from trivial. Therefore …

Code smells are structural characteristics of software that may indicate a code or design
problem that makes software hard to evolve and maintain, and may trigger refactoring of …

Context: The technical debt (TD) concept describes a tradeoff between short-term and long-
term goals in software development. While it is highly useful as a metaphor, it has utility …

An anti-pattern is a commonly occurring solution to a recurring problem that will typically
negatively impact code quality. Code smells are considered to be symptoms of anti-patterns …

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 …

Code smells refer to any symptom in the source code of a program that possibly indicates a
deeper problem, hindering software maintenance and evolution. Detection of code smells is …

Technical debt (TD) is a metaphor to describe the situation where developers introduce
suboptimal solutions during software development to achieve short-term goals that may …

Context The technical debt (TD) concept inspires the development of useful methods and
tools that support TD identification and management. However, there is a lack of evidence …

Poor design choices, bad coding practices, or the need to produce software quickly can
stand behind technical debt. Unfortunately, manually identifying and managing technical …

Background. Industrial software increasingly relies on open source software. Therefore,
industrial practitioners need to evaluate the quality of a specific open source product they …