Estudo empírico: detecção de Code Smells com aprendizado de máquinas

  • Raimundo Alan Freire Moreira UFC
  • Lucas José Lemos Braz UFC
  • Fischer Jônatas Ferreira UNIFEI
  • Márcio André Baima Amora UFC

Resumo


A detecção de code smells durante o processo de desenvolvimento de software é importante para melhorar a qualidade do software e a refatoração é fundamental para eliminar esses indícios de problema. Este estudo avalia uma abordagem empírica que se baseia no treinamento de cinco algoritmos de aprendizado de máquina para detectar code smells em sistemas de software, utilizando métricas de software como parâmetros. Os resultados mostram que a abordagem de aprendizado de máquina tive um excelente desempenho para a detecção de code smells, alcançando uma acurácia entre 93,7% a 99,2%.

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Publicado
06/05/2024
MOREIRA, Raimundo Alan Freire; BRAZ, Lucas José Lemos; FERREIRA, Fischer Jônatas; AMORA, Márcio André Baima. Estudo empírico: detecção de Code Smells com aprendizado de máquinas. In: CONGRESSO IBERO-AMERICANO EM ENGENHARIA DE SOFTWARE (CIBSE), 27. , 2024, Curitiba/PR. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2024 . p. 301-312.