Understanding the Economics of Refactoring
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In this paper we discuss a novel method for estimating the expected maintenance savings given a refactoring plan. This work is motivated by the increased adoption of refactoring practices as part of new agile methodologies and the lack of any prescriptive theory on when to refactor.
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تاریخ انتشار 2003