Context. Since its proclamation in 2012, microservices-based architecture has gained
widespread popularity due to its advantages, such as improved availability, fault tolerance …

The maintainability of source code is a key quality characteristic for software quality. Many
approaches have been proposed to quantitatively measure code maintainability. Such …

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 …

Background: Programming language design is not usually informed by empirical studies. In
other fields similar problems have inspired an evidence-based paradigm of practice. Such a …

It has been claimed that crosscutting concerns are pervasive and problematic, leading to
difficulties in program comprehension, evolution, and long-term design degradation. To …

Every new programming technique makes claims that software engineers want to hear.
Such is the case with aspect-oriented programming (AOP). This paper describes a quasi …

Microservices is a software architecture technique that divides large and intricate
applications into smaller, more manageable units. This method facilitates faster …

Software maintenance is an important activity in software development. Some development
methodologies such as the object‐oriented have contributed in improving maintainability of …

Abstract Multi Agent Systems (MAS) are increasingly gaining importance as a powerful
paradigm to designing and implementing distributed applications. However, existing multi …

Software testing is a process of validating and verifying that a software product works as
expected. It is indeed a very crucial process rather than a single process. To develop quality …