Software refactoring is a process to restructure an existing software code while keeping its
external behavior the same. Currently, various refactoring techniques are being used to …

Refactoring is the art of improving the structural design of a software system without altering
its external behavior. Today, refactoring has become a well-established and disciplined …

Software vulnerabilities are weaknesses in source code that can be potentially exploited to
cause loss or harm. While researchers have been devising a number of methods to deal …

Abstract The concept of Self-Affirmed Refactoring (SAR) was introduced to explore how
developers document their refactoring activities in commit messages, ie, developers explicit …

Machine Learning (ML), including Deep Learning (DL), systems, ie, those with ML
capabilities, are pervasive in today's data-driven society. Such systems are complex; they …

Code smells are symptoms of poor implementation choices applied during software
evolution. While previous research has devoted effort in the definition of automated solutions …

To enhance the compatibility in the version control of Java Third-party Libraries (TPLs),
Maven adopts Semantic Versioning (SemVer) to standardize the underlying meaning of …

Context: Code smells are sub-optimal design choices that could lower software
maintainability. Objective: Previous literature did not consider an important characteristic of …

Context: The ultimate goal of Continuous Integration (CI) is to support developers in
integrating changes into production constantly and quickly through automated build process …

Refactoring aims at improving code non-functional attributes without modifying its external
behavior. Previous studies investigated the motivations behind refactoring by surveying …