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 …

The software containing code smells indicates the violation of standard design and coding
practices by developer during the development of the software system. Recent empirical …

Background: Continuous modifications, suboptimal software design practices, and stringent
project deadlines contribute to the proliferation of code smells. Detecting and refactoring …

Heuristic and machine learning based code smell detection methods have been proved to
have limitations, and most of these methods focus on the common code smells. In order to …

Context: Code smell detection is the process of identifying code pieces that are poorly
designed and implemented. Recently more research has been directed towards machine …

Code smell aims to identify bugs that occurred during software development. It is the task of
identifying design problems. The significant causes of code smell are complexity in code …

Software systems have been employed in many fields as a means to reduce human efforts;
consequently, stakeholders are interested in more updates of their capabilities. Code smells …

Code smell refers to any symptom introduced in design or implementation phases in the
source code of a program. Such a code smell can potentially cause deeper and serious …

Code smell is an indicator of potential problems in a software design that have a negative
impact on readability and maintainability. Hence, detecting code smells in a timely and …

Code smells are early warning signs of potential issues in software quality. Various
techniques are used in code smell detection, including the Bayesian approach, rule-based …