Nowadays, software engineers have a great tendency to use design patterns (DPs) because
they are considered to have an important role in software engineering in the sense that they …

Occurrences of design patterns in existing code conveys important information to software
developers about the intent of the original author. Therefore, automated design pattern …

Abstract Design patterns play a key role in software development process. The interest in
extracting design pattern instances from object-oriented software has increased …

Context: Design patterns are successful reusable solutions to recurring problems within
given contexts in software design. Detecting instances of design patterns and their variants …

Detection of design pattern occurrences is part of several solutions to software engineering
problems, and high accuracy of detection is important to help solve the actual problems. The …

Identification of design patterns can deliver important information to designers. Therefore,
automated design pattern detection (DPD) is highly desirable when it comes to …

A comprehensive SMS on the design patterns to identify the related topics and detect trends
and gaps. There are six main topics in the field of design patterns. Developing and Mining …

Design patterns play a significant role in reverse engineering by providing information not
only on how but also on why a solution has been implemented in a specific way because of …

Design patterns are common solutions to existing issues in software engineering. In recent
decades, design patterns have been researched intensively because they increase the …

The detection of design patterns is a useful activity giving support to the comprehension and
maintenance of software systems. Many approaches and tools have been proposed in the …