International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2018) May 27 - June 3, 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden
The prevalence of design problems may cause re-engineering or even discontinuation of the system. Due to missing, informal or outdated design documentation, developers often have to rely on the source code to identify design problems. Therefore, …
Proceedings of the 11th Brazilian Symposium on Software Components, Architectures, and Reuse (SBCARS '17), Sep 18-22, 2017, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Developers often have to locate design problems in the source code. Several types of design problem may manifest as code smells in the program. A code smell is a source code structure that may reveal a partial hint about the manifestation of a design …