Context: Code smell is a term commonly used to describe potential problems in the design
of software. The concept is well accepted by the software engineering community. However …

Code smells indicate problems in design or code which makes software hard to change and
maintain. It has become a sign of software systems that cause complications in maintaining …

Context: Code smells are associated to poor design and programming style, which often
degrades code quality and hampers code comprehensibility and maintainability. Goal …

Previous studies demonstrated how code smells (ie, symptoms of the presence of system
degradation) impact the software maintainability. However, few studies have investigated …

The challenge of effective refactoring in the software development cycle brought forward the
need to develop automated defect prediction models. Among many existing indicators of …

The relationship between design patterns and defects was investigated in the literature, but
with mixed results. While the majority of studies found the presence of patterns to be …

Code smells tend to have an impact on software quality attributes such as reusability,
maintainability, and understandability. These are code flaws that do not necessarily prevent …

Code smell is a software quality problem caused by software design flaws. Refactoring code
smells can improve software maintainability. While prior works mostly focused on Java code …

Simulation modelling systems are routinely used to test or understand real-world scenarios
in a controlled setting. They have found numerous applications in scientific research …

An individual working in software development should have a fundamental understanding of
how different types of bugs impact various project aspects. This knowledge allows one to …