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SERP
2004
13 years 10 months ago
Straightening Spaghetti-Code with Refactoring?
Changes to software systems often entail a loss of quality, especially if they have to be accomplished under pressure of time. Long-term software projects must counter this phenome...
Markus Pizka
GECCO
2007
Springer
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14 years 2 months ago
Pareto optimal search based refactoring at the design level
Refactoring aims to improve the quality of a software systems’ structure, which tends to degrade as the system evolves. While manually determining useful refactorings can be cha...
Mark Harman, Laurence Tratt
GECCO
2006
Springer
253views Optimization» more  GECCO 2006»
14 years 11 days ago
A novel approach to optimize clone refactoring activity
Achieving a high quality and cost-effective tests is a major concern for software buyers and sellers. Using tools and integrating techniques to carry out low cost testing are chal...
Salah Bouktif, Giuliano Antoniol, Ettore Merlo, Ma...
ESE
2002
114views Database» more  ESE 2002»
13 years 8 months ago
An Industrial Case Study to Examine a Non-Traditional Inspection Implementation for Requirements Specifications
Software inspection is one of the key enablers for quality improvement and defect cost reduction. Although its benefits are shown in many studies, a major obstacle to implement an...
Oliver Laitenberger, Thomas Beil, Thilo Schwinn
FASE
2008
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Verification of Architectural Refactorings by Rule Extraction
With the success of model-driven development as well as component-based and service-oriented systems, models of software architecture are key artefacts in the development process. ...
Dénes Bisztray, Reiko Heckel, Hartmut Ehrig