Refactoring and smells have been well researched by the software-engineering research
community these past decades. Several secondary studies have been published on code …

A growing number of papers addressing blockchain to supply chain management has been
found, extending the range for scholars and practitioners aiming to comprehend the state of …

Abstract Context A Multivocal Literature Review (MLR) is a form of a Systematic Literature
Review (SLR) which includes the grey literature (eg, blog posts, videos and white papers) in …

Context The concept of technical debt (TD) contextualizes problems faced during software
evolution considering the tasks that are not carried out adequately during its development …

Test smells are defined as sub-optimal design choices developers make when
implementing test cases. Hence, similar to code smells, the research community has …

As a type of anti-pattern, test smells are defined as poorly designed tests and their presence
may negatively affect the quality of test suites and production code. Test smells are the …

Because the educational technology research literature is so broad, it is difficult for
researchers to acquire an accurate sense of the issues and trends across the entire field …

Context: Refactoring is the art of modifying the design of a system without altering its
behavior. The idea is to reorganize variables, classes and methods to facilitate their future …

Literature reviews represent a key genre for preserving and developing knowledge in many
scientific fields, including the operations research (OR) discipline. Although the body of OR …

Context Embedded systems have overwhelming penetration around the world. Innovations
are increasingly triggered by software embedded in automotive, transportation, medical …