Measuring and estimating the reusability of software components is important towards
finding reusable candidates. Researchers have shown that software metrics can be …

Software architecture is the heart of web-based software systems determining its
components and their connections. These days, fast release and quick delivery of next …

In the area of Search-Based Software Engineering, software engineering issues are
formulated and tackled as optimization problems. Among the problems within this area, the …

Key class identification approaches aim at identifying the most important classes to help
developers, especially newcomers, start the software comprehension process. So far, many …

Existing software clustering techniques tend to ignore prior knowledge from domain experts,
leading to results (suggested big-bang remodularization actions) that can not acceptable to …

In the lifecycle of software projects, maintenance tasks usually entail 75% of the total costs,
where most efforts are spent in understanding the program. To improve the maintainability of …

Abstract Component-based-software-development (CBSD) is one of the most recent trends
in the software development industry and its success majorly depends on the quality of the …

Maintenance of existing software requires a large amount of time for comprehending the
source code. The architecture of a software, however, may not be clear to maintainers if up …

The creation of high-quality software is of great importance in the current state of the
enterprise systems. High-quality software should contain certain features including flexibility …

Programmers strive to design programs that are flexible, updateable, and maintainable.
However, several factors such as lack of time, high costs, and workload lead to the creation …