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A Fuzzy Approach for Evaluating the Complexity of Applying Refactoring in Software Development Process
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This paper focuses on proposing a fuzzy approach for evaluating the complexity related to apply refactoring in software development process. Refactoring is one of the most important practices in eXtreme Programming (XP) methodology. Refactoring is defined as "a change made to the internal structure of software to make it easier to understand and cheaper to modify without changing its observable behavior". In addition, it is used for enhancing the maintainability; improving reusability and understandability of the software. The one of evaluation refactoring is complexity metrics. This evaluation depends on comparing the values of related metrics before and after applying the refactoring. The evaluation of complexity metrics has different degrees which start from simple to complex, so this research proposes using fuzzy logic on the metrics to evaluate the effect of refactoring based on complexity measures.
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