André Hora

Identifying Utility Functions Using Random Forests

2016

Utility functions are general purpose functions, which are useful in many parts of a system. To facilitate reuse, they are usually implemented in specific libraries. However, developers frequently miss opportunities to implement general-purpose functions in …

Understanding Refactoring Tasks over Time: A Study Using Refactoring Graphs

2022

Refactoring is a fundamental practice in modern software development. Therefore, it is essential that practitioners have a solid understanding of refactoring, both in theory and in practice. In this paper, we rely on a graph-based …