Refactoring aims at improving the maintainability of source code without modifying its
external behavior. Previous works proposed approaches to recommend refactoring …

Context The purpose of software restructuring, or refactoring, is to improve software quality
and developer productivity. Objective Prior studies have relied mainly on static and dynamic …

Refactoring is a popular technique for improving the internal structure of software systems. It
has a solid theoretical background while being used in development practice at the same …

Refactoring aims at improving code non-functional attributes without modifying its external
behavior. Previous studies investigated the motivations behind refactoring by surveying …

Refactoring is a well-established practice that aims at improving the internal structure of a
software system without changing its external behavior. Existing literature provides evidence …

Previous studies have investigated the reasons behind refactoring operations performed by
developers, and proposed methods and tools to recommend refactorings based on quality …

Software refactoring is a collection of reengineering activities that aims to improve software
quality. Refactorings are commonly used in agile software processes to improve software …

Refactorings are behavior-preserving source code transformations. While tool support exists
for (semi) automatically identifying refactoring solutions, applying or not a recommended …

Refactoring is a technique commonly applied by developers along the software
maintenance and evolution. Software refactoring is expected to improve the internal quality …

Refactoring is a widespread practice that helps developers to improve the maintainability
and readability of their code. However, there is a limited number of studies empirically …