"software maintenance"

An Approach to Automatically Assess Method Names
An approach is presented to automatically assess the quality of method names by providing a score and feedback. The approach implements …
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Understanding Digits in Identifier Names: An Exploratory Study
Before any software maintenance can occur, developers must read the identifier names found in the code to be maintained. Thus, …
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How Do I Refactor This? An Empirical Study on Refactoring Trends and Topics in Stack Overflow
An essential part of software maintenance and evolution, refactoring is performed by developers, regardless of technology or domain, to …
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An Ensemble Approach for Annotating Source Code Identifiers with Part-of-speech Tags
This paper presents an ensemble part-of-speech tagging approach for source code identifiers. Ensemble tagging is a technique that uses …
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On the generation, structure, and semantics of grammar patterns in source code identifiers
Identifiers make up a majority of the text in code. They are one of the most basic mediums through which developers describe the code …
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On the Distribution of Test Smells in Open Source Android Applications: An Exploratory Study
The impact of bad programming practices, such as code smells, in production code has been the focus of numerous studies in software …
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A Preliminary Study of Android Refactorings
Throughout the lifetime of a software system, developers continuously refactor the source code as a means of improving the quality of …
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