Code smells are structural characteristics of software that may indicate a code or design
problem that makes software hard to evolve and maintain, and may trigger refactoring of …

Bad smells are sub-optimal code structures that may represent problems needing attention.
We conduct an extensive literature review on bad smells relying on a large body of …

Several code smell detection tools have been developed providing different results,
because smells can be subjectively interpreted, and hence detected, in different ways. In this …

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We investigate the relationship between faults and five of Fowler et al.'s least-studied smells
in code: Data Clumps, Switch Statements, Speculative Generality, Message Chains, and …

Code smells are particular patterns in object-oriented systems that are perceived to lead to
difficulties in the maintenance of such systems. It is held that to improve maintainability, code …

Code smells are design flaws in object-oriented designs that may lead to maintainability
issues in the further evolution of the software system. This study focuses on the evolution of …

This paper presents research in progress, as well as tentative findings related to the
empirical study of so called bad code smells. We present a taxonomy that categorizes …

Over the past 15 years, researchers presented numerous techniques and tools for mining
code smells. It is imperative to classify, compare, and evaluate existing techniques and tools …

Code smells refer to any symptom in the source code of a program that possibly indicates a
deeper problem, hindering software maintenance and evolution. Detection of code smells is …