Effective ownership of software artifacts, particularly code, is crucial for accountability,
knowledge sharing, and code quality enhancement. Researchers have proposed models …

[Context] Accurate time estimation is a critical aspect of predictable software engineering.
Previous work shows that low source code quality increases the uncertainty in issue …

The COVID− 19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital health solutions. This has
presented significant challenges for software development teams to swiftly adjust to the …

The incredible success of the mobile App economy has been attracting software developers
ho** for new or repeated success. Surviving in the fierce competitive App market involves …

Context There are various ways to cope with class imbalance problem which is one of the
main issues of software defect prediction. Sampling algorithms are implemented on both …

The quality of the developers has a direct impact on the software product. Besides the code
they write, an experienced developer may define architectural solutions essential to the …

Objective Our objective is to understand how and why different teams introduce technical
debt in the form of code clones as they change different components. Method We collected …

Software updates and maintenance costs can be reduced by a successful quality control
process. Defect prediction is particularly important during software quality control, and a …

Concurrent contributions to a code base may introduce merge conflicts. Whereas merge
conflicts are easy and common to introduce, resolving them is a difficult, time-consuming …

Context: In recent years, many research studies have shown how human factors play a
significant role in the quality of software components. Code authorship metrics have been …