Software refactoring is a maintenance task that addresses code restructuring to improve its
quality. Many studies have addressed the impact of different refactoring scenarios on …

Due to the growing complexity of software systems, there has been a dramatic increase and
industry demand for tools and techniques on software refactoring in the last ten years …

The expenses associated with software maintenance and evolution constitute a significant
portion, surpassing more than 80% of the overall costs involved in software development …

Refactoring is one of the most widely used techniques in practice to improve the quality of
existing software. However, it is observed that refactoring does not continually improve all …

Refactoring has emerged as a predominant approach to augmenting software product
quality. However, empirical evidence suggests that not all dimensions of software quality …

Security metrics for software products give a quantifiable assessment of a software system's
trustworthiness. Metrics can also help detect vulnerabilities in systems, prioritize corrective …

Refactoring is a critical task in software maintenance and is commonly applied to improve
system design or to cope with design defects. There are 68 different types of refactoring …

Refactoring is one of the most widely used techniques in practice to improve the quality of
software, such as maintainability, testability, and understandability. However, there is a lack …

A smart contract (SC) is a programme stored in the Ethereum blockchain by a contract‐
creation transaction. SC developers deploy an instance of the SC and attempt to execute it …

Refactoring is widely thought to improve software quality. Several studies, however, claimed
that the effect of refactoring on software quality could be positive, negative, or have no effect …