A large-scale empirical study on the lifecycle of code smell co-occurrences

Fabio Palomba; Gabriele Bavota; Massimiliano Di Penta; Fausto Fasano; Rocco Oliveto; Andrea De Lucia

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A large-scale empirical study on the lifecycle of code smell co-occurrences

Fabio Palomba Gabriele Bavota Massimiliano Di Penta Fausto Fasano

Rocco Oliveto Andrea De Lucia

Information and Software Technology Vol. 99 pp. 1-10 · Elsevier BV

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Published: Jul 01, 2018
Vol/Issue: 99
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Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland

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Massimiliano Di Penta

University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy

University of Molise, Pesche (IS), Italy

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Andrea De Lucia

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Fabio Palomba, Gabriele Bavota, Massimiliano Di Penta, et al. (2018). A large-scale empirical study on the lifecycle of code smell co-occurrences. Information and Software Technology, 99, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2018.02.004

A large-scale empirical study on the lifecycle of code smell co-occurrences

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