The ability to evolve software rapidly and reliably is a major challenge for software
engineering. In this introductory chapter we start with a historic overview of the research …

Code smells refer to any symptom in the source code of a program that possibly indicates a
deeper problem, hindering software maintenance and evolution. Detection of code smells is …

Although one of the main promises of aspect-oriented (AO) programming techniques is to
promote better software changeability than object-oriented (OO) techniques, there is no …

After more than 10 years, Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) is still a controversial idea.
While the concept of aspects appeals to everyone's intuitions, concrete AOP solutions often …

Crosscutting concerns degrade software quality. Before we can modularize the crosscutting
concerns in our programs to increase software quality, we must first be able to find them …

Much of the complexity of software architecture design is derived from the inadequate
modularization of key broadly-scoped concerns, such as exception handling, distribution …

Over the last few years, a growing number of studies have explored how Aspect-Oriented
Programming (AOP) might impact software maintainability. Most of the studies use coupling …

An architectural aspect is a concern that cuts across architecture modularity units and cannot
be effectively modularized using the given abstractions of conventional Architecture …

Since its inception in 1996, aspect-oriented programming (AOP) has been believed to
reduce the effort required to maintain software systems by replacing cross-cutting code with …

Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Software Engineering: Global-aware
recommendations for repairing violations Page 1 Global-Aware Recommendations for Repairing …