The recognition of the need for high-quality software architecture is evident from the
increasing trend in investigating architectural smells. Detection of architectural smells is …

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

Background: Various works investigated microservice anti-patterns and bad smells in the
past few years. We identified seven secondary publications that summarize these, but they …

Abstract Context Software Architecture (SA) and Source Code (SC) are two intertwined
artefacts that represent the interdependent design decisions made at different levels of …

Refactoring consists of a transformation applied to improve the program internal structure,
for instance, by contributing to remove code smells. Developers often apply multiple …

Abstract Code Smell Severity Prioritization (CSSP) is crucial in helping software developers
minimize software maintenance costs and enhance software quality, particularly when faced …

Root canal refactoring is a software development activity that is intended to improve
dependability-related attributes such as modifiability and reusability. Despite being an …

The outcomes of this work provide a comprehensive view of the task and emerging findings,
such as the developers' major beliefs, values, and ideas about identifying code smells …

Program refactoring consists of code changes applied to improve the internal structure of a
program and, as a consequence, its comprehensibility. Recent studies indicate that …

Context The code smell identification aims to reveal code structures that harm the software
maintainability. Such identification usually requires a deep understanding of multiple parts of …