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Behavior-preserving Refactoring

Behavior-Preserving Refactoring is a software transformation technique that modifies the internal structure of an application without altering its external observable behavior, ensuring functional equivalence between the original and refactored versions.

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2017–2026

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Refactoring object-oriented frameworks

William F. Opdyke · 1992 · 1K citations

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Identification of Move Method Refactoring Opportunities

Nikolaos Tsantalis, Alexander Chatzigeorgiou · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering · 2009 · 342 citations

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Evolving Object-Oriented Designs with Refactorings

Lance Tokuda, Don Batory · Automated Software Engineering · 2001 · 232 citations

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Automated testing of refactoring engines

Brett Daniel, Danny Dig, Kely Garcia et al. · 2007 · 226 citations · Full text

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When Does a Refactoring Induce Bugs? An Empirical Study

Gabriele Bavota, Bernardino De Carluccio, Andrea De Lucia et al. · 2012 · 165 citations

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Authors

111

  1. GS
    Gustavo Soares

    Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brazil

    8 publications · 338 citations

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  2. RG
    Rohit Gheyi

    Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brazil

    7 publications · 365 citations

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  3. PB
    Paulo Borba

    Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil

    5 publications · 131 citations

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  4. DB
    Don Batory

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    4 publications · 315 citations

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  5. MR
    Márcio Ribeiro

    Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil

    3 publications · 114 citations

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Institutions

47

  1. Universidade Federal de Campina Grande

    Campina Grande, Brazil

    9 h-index

    23 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    717 citations

  3. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

    Recife, Brazil

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    292 citations

  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of Antwerp

    Antwerp, Belgium

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    284 citations

  6. University of Sannio

    Benevento, Italy

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    409 citations

  7. IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center

    Yorktown Heights, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    169 citations

  8. IBM Research - Zurich

    Rüschlikon, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    169 citations

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Venues

  1. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

    TSE · 4 publications · 555 citations

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  2. Journal of Systems and Software

    JSS · 1 publications · 14 citations

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  3. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania)

    Repository · 1 publications · 42 citations

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  4. IEEE Software

    1 publications · 97 citations

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  5. Automated Software Engineering

    1 publications · 232 citations

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