Exploring the impact of inter-smell relations on software maintainability: An empirical study

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 682-691

  Yamashita, Aiko ^a   Moonen, Leon ^a  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

Author keywords

bad smells; code smells; inter smell relations; smell interaction; software maintenance; software quality

Indexed keywords

BAD SMELLS; CODE SMELL; INTER-SMELL RELATIONS; SMELL INTERACTION; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; MAINTAINABILITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ODORS;

EID: 84886426341     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSE.2013.6606614     Document Type: Conference Paper

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