Automatic detection of bad smells in code: An experimental assessment

Journal of Object Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Fontana, Francesca Arcelli ^a   Braione, Pietro ^a   Zanoni, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Code smell detection tools; Code smells; Refactoring; Software quality evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880272372     PISSN: 16601769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5381/jot.2012.11.2.a5     Document Type: Article

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