Adaptive systems are able to adapt themselves according to changes in its execution environment or the user's needs. Monitors are essential for the development of such systems because they are responsible for collecting ...

Code smells are a popular mechanism to find structural design problems in software systems. Consequently, several tools have emerged to support the detection of code smells. However, the number of smells returned by current ...

To meet the constant changes of requirements and needs for new features, software systems always remain in a state of constant evolution. The control of the software evolution and maintenance process is crucial and one ...

Software systems are often developed in a way that good practices of the object-oriented paradigm are not fulfilled, causing the occurrence of bad smells. Bad smells are symptoms or structural characteristics in a region ...

Context: Code smell is a term commonly used to describe potential problems in the design of object-oriented systems. The theory about code smells, initially presented in nineties, is focused on characterization of different ...

Code smell é definido como um potencial problema de design localizado em determinada parte do código fonte de um sistema de software e pode indicar deficiências no design que podem influenciar a facilidade de manutenção, ...

Software Quality is one of the most important subjects in the Process Development Software, especially in large and complex systems. Much effort has been devoted to the development of techniques and concepts to improve ...