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