An empirical investigation of code smell 'deception' and research contextualisation through Paul's criteria

Journal of Computing and Information Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 333-340

  Counsell, Steve ^a   Hamza, Hamza ^a   Hierons, Rob M ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Code smell; OO; Refactoring

Indexed keywords

ODORS;

CODE SMELL; CONTEXTUALISATION; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; MAINTENANCE PROBLEM; REFACTORINGS;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 84880255433     PISSN: 13301136     EISSN: 18463908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2498/cit.1001919     Document Type: Article

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