Identifying refactoring opportunities in software systems is an important activity in today's
agile development environments. The concept of code smells has been proposed to …

This is a preprint of an article published in the Science of Computer Programming. The final
peer-reviewed publication is available online at: https://doi. org/10.1016/j. scico …

Code smells are poor design and implementation choices that hinders the overall software
quality. Code smells detection using machine learning models has been an active research …

Code smells are symptoms of poor design and implementation choices. Several techniques
for the automated detection of code smells have been proposed, but their effectiveness is …

Detecting code smells is an important research problem in the software maintenance. It
assists the subsequent steps of the refactoring process so as to improve the quality of the …

Code smells are code fragments that can hinder the evolution and maintenance of software
systems. Their detection is a challenge for developers and their informal definition leads to …

Code smell is an indicator of potential problems in a software design that have a negative
impact on readability and maintainability. Hence, it is essential for developers to make out …

Code smell is an indication of a software designing problem. The presence of code smells
can have a severe impact on the software quality. Smells basically refers to the structure of …

Code smells indicate poor implementation choices that may hinder program comprehension
and maintenance. Their informal definition allows developers to follow different heuristics to …

Code smells indicate potential symptoms or problems in software due to inefficient design or
incomplete implementation. These problems can affect software quality in the long-term …