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 …

Context: Architecture of a software system represents the key design decisions and therefore
its quality plays an important role to keep the software maintainable. Code smells are …

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 …

Long Method is amongst the most common code smells in software systems. Despite
various attempts to detect the long method code smell, few automated approaches are …

Deodorants are different from perfumes, because they are applied directly on body and by
killing bacteria they reduce odours and offer a refreshing fragrance. That was our goal when …

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

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 …

Systems must evolve to cope with new stakeholders requirements, or to fix existing
problems. These changes are complex due to several factors, including the need of …

Code smells are a popular mechanism for identifying structural design problems in software
systems. Several tools have emerged to support the detection of code smells and propose …