Code smells and refactoring: A tertiary systematic review of challenges and observations

G Lacerda, F Petrillo, M Pimenta… - Journal of Systems and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Refactoring and smells have been well researched by the software-engineering research
community these past decades. Several secondary studies have been published on code …

[HTML][HTML] On the relationship between source-code metrics and cognitive load: A systematic tertiary review

A Abbad-Andaloussi - Journal of Systems and Software, 2023 - Elsevier
The difficulty of software development tasks depends on several factors including the
characteristics of the underlying source-code. These characteristics can be captured and …

The Development and Prospect of Code Clone

X Zhang, T Wang, Y Yu, Y Zhang, Y Zhong… - ar** Study.
L Guan, JW Castro, X Ferré, ST Acuña - SEKE, 2020 - ksiresearch.org
Both novice and experienced developers rely more and more in external sources of code to
include into their programs by copying and pasting code snippets. This behavior differs from …

[PDF][PDF] CODE CLONE DETECTION USING OBJECT ORIENTED METRICS

S SHARMA, D RATTAN, K SINGH - research-publication.com
Code clone detection is the most important aspect for removal of repetitive code. Current
software is based on larger codes, large source code takes more processing time and …