Code smells are poor implementation choices applied during software evolution that can
affect source code maintainability. While several heuristic-based approaches have been …

Code smells are poor implementation choices that developers apply while evolving source
code and that affect program maintainability. Multiple automated code smell detectors have …

Background: Code smells indicate suboptimal design or implementation choices in the
source code that often lead it to be more change-and fault-prone. Researchers defined …

Code smells are considered symptoms of poor implementation choices, which may hamper
the software maintainability. Hence, code smells should be detected as early as possible to …

Code smells can compromise software quality in the long term by inducing technical debt.
For this reason, many approaches aimed at identifying these design flaws have been …

Code smells are symptoms of poor implementation choices applied during software
evolution. While previous research has devoted effort in the definition of automated solutions …

Context Code smells are patterns in source code associated with an increased defect rate
and a higher maintenance effort than usual, but without a clear definition. Code smells are …

Code smells or bad smells are an accepted approach to identify design flaws in the source
code. Although it has been explored by researchers, the interpretation of programmers is …

Context: Code smells are symptoms of wrong design decisions or coding shortcuts that may
increase defect rate and decrease maintainability. Research on code smells is accelerating …

Code smells indicate poor implementation choices that may hinder the system maintenance.
Their detection is important for the software quality improvement, but studies suggest that it …