Researchers have recently achieved significant advances in deep learning techniques,
which in turn has substantially advanced other research disciplines, such as natural …

Context Reusing a design pattern is not always in the favor of developers. Thus, the code
starts smelling. The presence of “Code Smells” leads to more difficulties for the developers …

An essential part of software maintenance and evolution, refactoring is performed by
developers, regardless of technology or domain, to improve the internal quality of the …

Renaming is vital to software maintenance and evolution. Developers rename entities when
their original names no longer fit their behavioral role within the program. This may happen if …

Identifiers make up a majority of the text in code. They are one of the most basic mediums
through which developers describe the code they create and understand the code that …

Context Refactoring is a technique for improving the internal structure of software systems. It
has a solid theoretical background while being used in development practice also. However …

Programmer-provided identifier names convey information about the semantics of a
program. This information can complement traditional program analyses in various software …

Identifier names are the atoms of program comprehension. Weak identifier names decrease
developer productivity and degrade the performance of automated approaches that …

Identifier names are the atoms of comprehension; weak identifier names decrease
productivity by increasing the chance that developers make mistakes and increasing the …

Identifiers play an important role in hel** developers analyze and comprehend source
code. However, many identifiers exist that are inconsistent with the corresponding code …