Software clones are considered harmful in software maintenance and evolution. However, despite a decade of active research, there is a marked lack of work in the detection and ana...
Code clones are generally considered harmful in software development, and the predominant approach is to try to eliminate them through refactoring. However, recent research has pr...
It is often claimed that inaccurate modularisation of crosscutting concerns hinders program comprehension and, as a consequence, leads to harmful software instabilities. However, ...
Eduardo Figueiredo, Bruno Carreiro da Silva, Cl&aa...
Nothing does a software company’s reputation more harm than poor quality. One significant contributor to delivered quality is how thoroughly the software is tested. In this issu...
An important component of Empirical Software Engineering (ESE) research involves the measurement, observation, analysis and understanding of software engineering in practice. Resul...