Bad smells are sub-optimal code structures that may represent problems needing attention.
We conduct an extensive literature review on bad smells relying on a large body of …

The accuracy reported for code smell-detecting tools varies depending on the dataset used
to evaluate the tools. Our survey of 45 existing datasets reveals that the adequacy of a …

Context Smells in software systems impair software quality and make them hard to maintain
and evolve. The software engineering community has explored various dimensions …

Context. The demand for green software design is steadily growing higher especially in the
context of mobile devices, where the computation is often limited by battery life. Previous …

To ensure user satisfaction and success of mobile applications, it is important to provide
highly performant applications. This is particularly important for resource-constrained …

Software engineers make use of design patterns for reasons that range from performance to
code comprehensibility. Several design patterns capturing the body of knowledge of best …

Code smells are symptoms of poor design solutions applied by programmers during the
development of software systems. While the research community devoted a lot of effort to …

Mobile and wearable devices are nowadays the de facto personal computers, while desktop
computers are becoming less popular. Therefore, it is important for companies to deliver …

With millions of smartphones sold every year, the development of mobile apps has grown
substantially. The battery power limitation of mobile devices has push developers and …

Context During the last years, developers of mobile applications have the possibility to use
new paradigms and tools for developing mobile applications. For instance, since 2017 …