Repaying all technical debt (TD) present in a system may be unfeasible, as there is typically
a shortage in the resources allocated for TD repayment. Therefore, TD prioritization is …

Code smells indicate poor design and imperfection in coding style. They increase
maintenance costs and degrade software quality. Detecting and mitigating these code …

Context: Architecture of a software system represents the key design decisions and therefore
its quality plays an important role to keep the software maintainable. Code smells are …

Abstract EXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) aims at improving users' trust in black-boxed
models by explaining their predictions. However, XAI techniques produced unreasonable …

Code smells are symptoms in the source code that could help to identify architectural
problems. However, developers may feel discouraged to analyze multiple smells if they are …

Code smells are sub-optimal design and implementation choices that hinder software
maintainability. Although significant progress has been achieved in code smell detection …

Software systems are likely to face what is called design problems. Given the typical lack of
design documentation, developers have to rely on implementation-level symptoms, the so …

Bad smells are indicators of possible problems in software. Refactoring is usually
undertaken to eradicate bad smells. Many studies have investigated the impact of bad …

Software maintenance is a necessary and inevitable activity in software engineering. It helps
in keeping a software system healthy with the continuous change mandated by the changing …

Identification and Refactoring of Design Problems in Software Systems. Rio de Janeiro,
2022. 235p. Tese de doutorado–Departamento de Informática, Pontifícia Universidade …