Exploring the relationship between code smells and program comprehensibility
Project ID: AIRG/2024/CSE/07/03
Funding Source: AUST Internal Research Grant
Project Awarded: 20th April 2025
Principal Investigator:
Mr. Md. Masudur Rahman
Lecturer (Grade-I)
CSE Department, AUST
masudur.rahman0413.cse@aust.edu
Co-principal Investigator/s:
Ms. Raqeebir Rab
Assistant Professor
CSE Department, AUST
raqeebir.cse@aust.edu
Project Duration: 1 Year
Budget Approved: 4,75,000.00
Expected Research Outcomes:
- Measurement of program comprehensibility metric for the analyzed software systems.
- Identification of the relationship between each type of code smells and program comprehensibility
- A guideline for developers, recommending prioritized refactoring practices that focus on mitigating the code smells with the most detrimental effects on program comprehensibility
- A dataset for the analysis of the research